High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Investigation of the Effects of Compressibility on a Pitot-Static Tube

Abstract

Test results indicate that the calibration factor for each combination of pitch and yaw angles tested is practically constant up to 0.8 Mach. Greater calibration factor variation exists for changes in yaw angle than pitch, and only slightly more variation for positive pitch than for negative pitch values. At zero pitch and zero yaw angles, the errors in differences between total and static pressures given by pitot-static tubes did not exceed 1.6% up to 0.925 Mach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1947
Accession Number
ADA801510

Entities

People

  • Charles N. . Adams Jr.
  • Louis S. Stivers Jr.

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aeronautics
  • Calibration
  • Compressive Properties
  • Errors
  • Free Stream
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Pitot Tubes
  • Standards
  • Static Pressure
  • Tubes
  • United States
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.