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The Displacement of the Nose Shock Wave from a Pitot Tube under a Streamwise Velocity Gradient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. Sloan*
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Division, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Liverpool

Summary:—

The pressure reading of a pitot tube in a supersonic flow corresponds to the position of the nose shock wave. Results of measurements of the shock stand-off distance are presented for three different streamwise Mach number gradients and for a uniform flow. These results are compared with existing theoretical values.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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