An Investigation into the Flow around a Family of Elliptically Nosed Cylinders at Zero Incidence at M∞ = 2.5 and M∞ = 4

Abstract

SummarySurface pressure measurements and schlieren photographs at M∞ = 2.50 and M∞ = 4.00 are presented for a family of axisymmetric elliptically-nosed models with cylindrical afterbodies. The results are an extension of those obtained by Holder and Chinneck on the same series of models at lower Mach numbers.Some comparison is made with theoretical results, and the forebody surface pressures obtained experimentally are found to be in good agreement with results obtained using either the method of integral relations or the time-dependent method.