The Effect of Canopy Location on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Sweptback Wing-Body Configuration at Transonic Speeds (open access)

The Effect of Canopy Location on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Sweptback Wing-Body Configuration at Transonic Speeds

"Aerodynamic data have been obtained for a 45-degree sweptback wing-body-canopy configuration at transonic speeds with the canopy placed on the body so that the cross-sectional area of the canopy approximately filled the concave portion of the basic wing-body cross-sectional-area distribution curve (design location) and with the canopy placed 0.0614 of the body length forward of the design location. Data have also been obtained for the basic wing-body combination. Placing the canopy in the rear position significantly reduced the drag of the configuration at transonic speeds, increased the lift, and did not appreciably affect the slope of the pitching-moment curve" (p. 1).
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: Robinson, Harold L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forces and moments on inclined bodies at Mach numbers from 3.0 to 6.3 (open access)

Forces and moments on inclined bodies at Mach numbers from 3.0 to 6.3

Report presenting the results of force and moment tests at Mach numbers from 3.0 to 6.3 on bodies of revolution of fineness ratios from 5 to 10 and on flat-bottom bodies of fineness ratio 10 along with theoretical predictions for these bodies. Testing included eight cone and cone-cylinder models, six nose-cylinder models, and three flat-bottom bodies.
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: Dennis, David H. & Cunningham, Bernard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pressure distributions on triangular and rectangular wings to high angles of attack Mach numbers 1.45 and 1.97 (open access)

Pressure distributions on triangular and rectangular wings to high angles of attack Mach numbers 1.45 and 1.97

Pressure distributions were measured over rectangular wings of aspect ratio 2 and triangular wings of aspect ratios 2 and 4 at Mach numbers of 1.45 and 1.97. The investigation includes some comparison of the effects of Reynolds number and of thickening the wing root sections on the loading.
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: Kaattari, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library