Method for Evaluating from Shadow or Schlieren Photographs the Pressure Drag in Two-Dimensional or Axially Symmetrical Flow Phenomena with Detached Shock

Abstract

A method has been developed for evaluating from shadow or schlieren photographs the pressure drag of axially symmetrical bodies at zero angle of attack or of two-dimensional bodies producing detached shock. The method consists in the determination of the flow properties along a characteristic line and the application of the momentum theorem to a stream tube around the body. The method can be applied to the determination of external drag of supersonic inlets with subsonic flow at the entrance of the inlet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1949
Accession Number
ADA380637

Entities

People

  • Antonio Ferri

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bodies
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Mass Flow
  • Photographs
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Supersonic Inlets
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow