Effects of Base Bleed and Supersonic Nozzle Injection on Base Pressure

Abstract

Base pressure tests were conducted on an ogive-cylinder configuration at Mach numbers 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5. Measurements were obtained while bleeding air into the base region through a variety of base-bleed configurations. For two of the configurations, air was injected into the base through a supersonic sustainer type nozzle simultaneously with base bleed injection. The mass flow rates through the sustainer nozzle and base bleed openings were varied at each Mach number. The results show a net decrease in base drag due to base bleed and a net increase due to supersonic injection whether or not the bleed air and the supersonic air are introduced simultaneously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB003442

Entities

People

  • Lyle D. Kayser

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Base Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Reduction
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Instrumentation
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow