A Correlation of High Speed Drag Data

Citation

Hensel, Rudolph William and Heimer, Harry James (1944) A Correlation of High Speed Drag Data. Engineer's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dbv8-bw67. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05022025-223538610

Abstract

In fulfillment of the purpose of this investigation, a method of estimating the drag of an airplane at high Mach numbers has been derived. Two sets of curves, one for airplanes having conventional wing sections and the other for those having low drag sections, were drawn to show the percentage increase in total drag with the ratio of free stream Mach number to critical Mach number of the wing.

A method for computation of the blocking correction is presented and applied, resulting in good agreement between the wind tunnel and flight tests. Wind tunnel data corrected for the blocking effect were chiefly used to deduce the conclusions, but they were supplemented by all the flight test results available.

Item Type:	Thesis (Engineer's thesis)
Subject Keywords:	(Aeronautical Engineering)
Degree Grantor:	California Institute of Technology
Division:	Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:	Aeronautics
Thesis Availability:	Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):	Tsien, Hsue Shen (advisor) Millikan, Clark Blanchard (advisor) Lees, Lester (advisor)
Thesis Committee:	Unknown, Unknown
Defense Date:	1944
Record Number:	CaltechTHESIS:05022025-223538610
Persistent URL:	https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05022025-223538610
DOI:	10.7907/dbv8-bw67
Default Usage Policy:	No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:	17198
Collection:	CaltechTHESIS
Deposited By:	Ben Maggio
Deposited On:	06 May 2025 00:13
Last Modified:	06 May 2025 00:18

Thesis Files

PDF - Final Version
See Usage Policy.
104MB

Repository Staff Only: item control page