Hypersonic flow research [[electronic resource] ] : a selection of technical papers based mainly on a symposium of the American Rocket Society held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology / / edited by Frederick R. Riddell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781414703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Academic Press, 1962
• ISBN: 1-60086-481-3; 1-60086-262-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (768 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and rocketry ; ; v. 7
• Altri autori (Persone): RiddellFrederick R
• Disciplina: 629.13232
• Soggetti: Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Sponsored jointly by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the American Rocket Society.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Hypersonics Committee""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""The ARS â€? AFOSR International Hypersonics Conference: Summary and Comments""; ""A. Hypersonic Flow at Low Reynolds Number""; ""Introduction""; ""Density Behavior along the Stagnation Line of a Blunt Body in Hyperthermal Flow""; ""Second-Order Compressible Boundary Layer Theory with Application to Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flow""; ""Comment on above paper""; ""Rarefied Hypersonic Flow over a Sphere""; ""The Rayleigh Problem for a Dissociated Gas""; ""B. Chemical Kinetic Effects in Hypersonic Flow""; ""Introduction""""Chemical Kinetics: A General Introduction""; ""Chemical Kinetics of High Temperature Air""; ""Chemical Effects in External Hypersonic Flows""; ""Radiation at Hypersonic Speeds""; ""Radiation from the Nonequilibrium Shock Front""; ""C. Inviscid Hypersonic Flow""; ""Introduction""; ""Slender Wings at High Angles of Attack in Hypersonic Flows""; ""Newtonian Theory of Hypersonic Flow at Large Distances from Bluff Axially Symmetric Bodies""; ""Shock Layer Structure and Entropy Layers in Hypersonic Conical Flows""; ""Theory of Entropy Layers and Nose Bluntness in Hypersonic Flow""; ""D. Experimental Techniques I""""Introduction""; ""Aerodynamic Testing at Mach Numbers from 15 to 20""; ""The Duration and Properties of the ; Flow in a Hypersonic Shock Tunnel""; ""An Evaluation of the Hypersonic Gun Tunnel""; ""Diagnostic Studies of a Low Density, Arc Heated Wind Tunnel Stream""; ""Initial Results from a Low Density, Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel""; ""E. Experimental Techniques II""; ""Introduction""; ""The Free Flight Range: A Tool for Research in the Physics of High Speed Flight""; ""Survey of Shock Tube Research Related to the Aerophysics Problem of Hypersonic Flight""; ""Air Arc Simulation of Hypersonic Environments""""Development of the Shock Tunnel and Its Application to Hypersonic Flight""