Experiments on Drag of Revolving Disks, Cylinders and Streamline Rods at High Speeds (open access)

Experiments on Drag of Revolving Disks, Cylinders and Streamline Rods at High Speeds

Report presenting an experimental investigation concerned primarily with the extension of test data on the drag of revolving disks, cylinders, and streamline rods to high Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers. The tests generally confirm earlier theories and add in some new results. One of the primary findings of interest is that skin friction does not depend on Mach number.
Date: June 1944
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore & Regier, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library