Results of a study of Mach number and Reynolds number effects on the crossflow drag characteristics of ogive cylinders and ogive-cylinder-frustum-cylinders at angles of attack to 30 degrees
An analysis was made to determine the effects of Mach number and Reynolds number on the local and total crossflow drag characteristics of ogive-cylinders and ogive-cylinder-frustum-cylinders at angles of the MSFC 14 in TWT and the LTV 4 ft HSWT, and pressure data obtained in the TWT, at Mach numbers 0.14, 0.8, 1.2, and 2.0, and a wide range of Reynolds numbers. Results indicate that the streamwise Reynolds number, VD/nusin alpha, is an important correlation parameter in the subcritical Reynolds number range at imcompressible speeds and that the crossflow Mach number correlates compressibility effects.