Total-Pressure-Recovery Characteristics of a Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Inlets and Forebody in a Free Jet at a Mach Number of 1.55 (open access)

Total-Pressure-Recovery Characteristics of a Model of the McDonnell XF3H-1 Inlets and Forebody in a Free Jet at a Mach Number of 1.55

Report presenting free jet tests of a model of the inlets and forebody of the McDonnell XF3H-1 airplane with the original and two alternate nose shapes. Results regarding the total-pressure recovery after diffusion, maximum mass-flow ratio, inlet total-pressure profile, shadowgraphs, flow variation, and pressure oscillations are provided.
Date: March 12, 1952
Creator: Merlet, Charles F. & Carter, Howard S.
System: The UNT Digital Library