Comparison With Experiment of Several Methods of Predicting the Lift of Wings in Subsonic Compressible Flow

Abstract

Several methods of predicting the lift of wings in subsonic compressible flow were compared with experiment. An experimental verification of Kaplan's formula for the effect of compressibility on the lift of wing sections was obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1948
Accession Number
ADA381454

Entities

People

  • Harry E. Murray

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Agreements
  • Airfoils
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • Compressible Flow
  • Compressive Properties
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Incompressible Flow
  • Lifting Surfaces
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Swept Wings
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.