Data on Shape and Location of Detached Shock Waves on Cones and Spheres

Abstract

Accurate experimental data are given on the shape and the location of detached shock waves on cones and spheres at Mach numbers from 2.17 to 1.81. The data are correlated to obtain equations that describe the shock waves. This knowledge of the shock waves should be useful in calculations of the pressure distribution and the pressure drag of the fore part of cones and spheres. The experimental data on shock waves are compared with theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1950
Accession Number
ADA380521

Entities

People

  • George P. Wood
  • Juergen W. Heberle
  • Paul B. Gooderum

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Bodies
  • Diameters
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Interferograms
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Nozzles
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shape
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.