RESEARCH MEMORANDUM

AERODYNAMIC CHARAC TEHSTIC S OF BODIES AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS

A COLLECTION OF THREE PAPERS

By Alvin Seiff Ames Aeronautical Laboratory C a r l A. Sandahl Langley Aeronautical Laboratory Dean R. Chapman Ames Aeronautical Laboratory E. W. Perkins Ames Aeronautical Laboratory and F. E. Gowen Ames Aeronautical Laboratory

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NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE F O R AERONAUTICS

WASHINGTON November 9, 1951
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Figure 4.- Effect of nose shape on the variation with angle o:f attack of the vortex configuration.

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5.- Vapor-screen pictures showing fluctuation of the vortices in the cross-flow wake of the body with the ogival nose.

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Figure 6.- Downwash distribution through vortex pair.

Figure 7.- Downwash distribution through asymmetric vortex configuration.

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Figure 8. Surface-pressure flu~tuatio~s acconpanying unsteady flow in the cross-flow wake.

Figure 9.- Typical oscillograph records of roll and side force fluctuations.