Accession Number:

AD0831267

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF SHOCK-SHOCK INTERACTIONS ON A 9-DEGREE CONE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Merritt, David L.
• Aronson, Philip M.

Report Date:

1968-01-26

Pagination or Media Count:

72.0

Abstract:

A ballistics range and a shocktube were used to study head-on interactions between 9-degree cones flying at supersonic speeds and plane shock waves. Photographs of the shock-shock interaction were taken. Experimental shock wave patterns agreed with predicted patterns. The reflected shock wave produced little or no overpressure on the model. Author

Descriptors:

• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• *CONICAL BODIES
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• SHOCK WAVES
• WIND TUNNEL MODELS
• BLAST
• INTERACTIONS
• SHOCK TUBES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PHOTOGRAPHS
• REFLECTION
• PRESSURE
• GAS FLOW
• LIGHT GAS GUNS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missiles
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE