Accession Number:

AD0702136

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MEAN FLOW AND STABILITY OF THE LAMINAR SUPERSONIC CONE WAKE.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

Personal Author(s):

• McLaughlin,Dennis K.

Report Date:

1970-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

167.0

Abstract:

The mean flow and stability of the near wake of a cone at Mach number 4.3 were studied experimentally. Free stream Reynolds numbers varied from 40,600 to 94,300. The cone had a 7 degree half angle, a sharp nose, and a wall temperature very close to recovery temperature. Important differences between the measured supersonic wake and other investigators measurements in hypersonic cone wakes are found. Author

Descriptors:

• (*REENTRY VEHICLES
• SUPERSONIC CHARACTERISTICS)
• LAMINAR FLOW
• CONICAL BODIES
• WAKE
• STABILITY
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Aerodynamics
• Guided Missile Reentry Vehicles
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE