An investigation of highly underexpanded exhaust jets impinging normal to a curved surface

An experimental investigation of highly underexpanded exhaust jets impinging in a direction normal to a curved surface was conducted in the NASA-Langley Research Center 55-foot vacuum cylinder. The investigation included measurements of impingement pressures and measurements of various normal shock characteristics. Variables of the investigation were the size of the jet, jet-exit Mach number, exhaust gas, distance of the jet from the impingement surface, curvature of the surface, and jet-exit to ambient pressure ratio. The experimental data are presented and compared with available theory.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Mechanics

Department dc:contributor.department

Engineering Mechanics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1966

Author dc:creator

• Clark, Leonard Vernon

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64571

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/64571