Shock tunnel measurements of hypervelocity blunted cone drag

It is shown that for small cone angles, the drag of a blunt cone in a hypervelocity flow is reasonably well predicted by the Newtonian sine-square law modified for blunt bodies.

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Published in:AIAA journal 1994-12, Vol.32 (12), p.2476-2477
Main Authors: Porter, L. M, Paull, A, Mee, D. J, Simmons, J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamics
Aircraft
Compressible flows
shock and detonation phenomena
Exact sciences and technology
Fluid dynamics
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Instrumentation for fluid dynamics
Physics
Supersonic and hypersonic flows
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Summary:It is shown that for small cone angles, the drag of a blunt cone in a hypervelocity flow is reasonably well predicted by the Newtonian sine-square law modified for blunt bodies.
ISSN:0001-1452
1533-385X
DOI:10.2514/3.12318