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An experimental investigation of asymptotic hypersonic flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

N. C. Freeman
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington Now at Imperial College South Kensington.
R. F. Cash
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
D. Bedder
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington

Abstract

Hypersonic flow past axisymmetric power-law bodies $(y \propto x^m; m = 0, { \frac {1}{10}},{ \frac {1}{4}},{ \frac {1}{3}},{ \frac {1}{2}},{ \frac {3}{4}}\; and \; 1)$ has been studied experimentally and a detailed analysis of the dependence of shock-wave shape on body shape made.

Results indicate a continuous relationship between the exponent of the shock-wave shape and that of body shape over the range considered.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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