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HYPERSONIC FLOW AROUND BODIES OF REVOLUTION WHICH ARE GENERATED BY CONIC SECTIONS. Paper 6 of GENERAL RESEARCH IN FLIGHT SCIENCES, JANUARY 1959-JANUARY 1960. VOLUME I. FLUID MECHANICS. PART 1

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OSTI ID:4178537
The inviscid supersonic blunt-body problem is discussed. The flow around the family of bodies of revolution which are generated by conic sections is treated by neglecting variations in density. Two approximate analytic solutions are presented. In one, the shock wave is assumed to be locally confocal with the body. In the other, the shock curvature is assumed constant near the axis. Both solutions reduce to thnt of Lighthill in the case of the sphere. The results are compared with those of other theories, as well as with available experimental data. (auth)
Research Organization:
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Missiles and Space Div., Sunnyvale, Calif.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-019087
OSTI ID:
4178537
Report Number(s):
LMSD-288139(Vol. I, Pt. 1)(Pap
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English