Development of Subsonic Base Pressure Prediction Methods
Report Number: AFFDL TR 65-157 Volume 1
Author(s): Butsko, J. E., Carter, W. V., Herman, W.
Corporate Author(s): GD/Convair, General Dynamics Corporation
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1965-09
Pages: 171
Contract: AF 33(615)-1615
DoD Project: 1366
DoD Task: 136613
Identifier: AD0475670
Abstract:
A combined analytic-experimental investigation of the subsonic base pressure phenomenon, especially as applied to blunt bodies typical of hypersonic flight vehicles, results in the development of a generalized method to predict base pressure in three-dimensional flow at subsonic speeds. A mathematical description of the fluid mechanics of steady two-dimensional subsonic base flow is developed. Two and three-dimensional wind tunnel testing of blunt based configurations is used to verify the two-dimensional analytic solution and obtain empirical relations which extend the analysis to three-dimensional base flow.
Provenance: Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
Author(s): Butsko, J. E., Carter, W. V., Herman, W.
Corporate Author(s): GD/Convair, General Dynamics Corporation
Laboratory: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1965-09
Pages: 171
Contract: AF 33(615)-1615
DoD Project: 1366
DoD Task: 136613
Identifier: AD0475670
Abstract:
A combined analytic-experimental investigation of the subsonic base pressure phenomenon, especially as applied to blunt bodies typical of hypersonic flight vehicles, results in the development of a generalized method to predict base pressure in three-dimensional flow at subsonic speeds. A mathematical description of the fluid mechanics of steady two-dimensional subsonic base flow is developed. Two and three-dimensional wind tunnel testing of blunt based configurations is used to verify the two-dimensional analytic solution and obtain empirical relations which extend the analysis to three-dimensional base flow.
Provenance: Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control