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Applications of Linearised Characteristics to Sharp-Edged Conical Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

L. C. Squire
L. C. Squire*
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Engineering Department, University of Cambridge
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Summary

A review of existing work in the field of linearised characteristics suggests that the hypersonic approximation introduced by Chapkis should be adequate in many cases of practical interest; furthermore, of the methods available, this approximation requires least computation for the calculation of pressure distributions on a given shape at given speed. The application of this method to sharp-edged conical shapes shows good agreement with measured zero-incidence pressure distributions for a variety of shapes and a wide range of hypersonic parameter. The agreement is less good at incidence, possibly due to flow separations in the real flow.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1965, pp. 1 - 14
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1965

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