An investigation of supersonic turbulent boundary layers on slender bodies of revolution in free flight by use of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and shadowgraphs

Alvin Seiff, Barbara J. Short
naca-tn-4364
Sep 1958

Slender bodies of revolution in free flight at Mach numbers of 3.2 and 3.6 were photographed in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the pictures were analyzed to obtain the turbulent-boundary-layer density distributions for the case of a body surface cold compared to recovery temperature.

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