A series of basic research programs of fundamental application to hypersonic and supersonic flight made use of a series of unique hypersonic facilities, including several helium and nitrogen hypersonic wind tunnels covering a range of Mach numbers from about 8 to 25 and simulated altitude conditions up to 350,000 feet. These facilities were supplemented by a newly developed capability to study supersonic flows at the very high Reynolds numbers of full scale flight. The research program was both theoretical and experimental and initially concentrated on hypersonic flows and laminar boundary layers. (Modified author abstract)
Research on Hypersonic and Supersonic Flows
1973
53 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fluid Mechanics , Hypersonic flight , Wind tunnel tests , High altitude , Laminar boundary layer , Supersonic characteristics , Turbulent boundary layer , Flow separation , Mathematical models , Reynolds number , Helium wind tunnels , Nitrogen wind tunnels , Boundary layer reattachment , High Reynolds number tunnels
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