Method for Calculation of Pressure Distributions on Thin Conical Bodies of Arbitrary Cross Section in Supersonic Stream

Abstract

An approximated method is presented for calculating the pressure distribution on conical bodies of noncircular cross section in a supersonic flow field. By a superposition of elementary conical flows due to line sources, the flow about an arbitrary cone may be described. Illustrations of the pressure distribution about several shapes are included to demonstrate the method. The problem of such a body at angle of attack may also be solved by the same method, as well as the problem of yawed flight at angle of attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1949
Accession Number
ADA380721

Entities

People

  • Stephen H. Maslen

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies
  • Bodies Of Revolution
  • Boundaries
  • Coefficients
  • Conical Bodies
  • Curvature
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Free Stream
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Perturbations
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Radial Velocity
  • Shape
  • Supersonic Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow