Volume Title |
Aerodynamics
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Volume No |
BODIES - Drag
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DATA Title |
Subsonic base drag of cylindrical bodies with conical boat-tails.
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DATA Item |
76033 |
KEYWORD |
afterbody, axisymmetric, base, boat, body, cylinder, drag, tail |
ISBN |
0 85679 170 9 |
ABSTRACT |
ESDU 76033 gives curves derived by correlating experimental data from a number of different sources enabling the base drag coefficient, based on body maximum cross-sectional area, to be predicted to within 0.025. Two-sets of curves are given, one for boat-tail angles below 16 deg and one for angles exceeding 16 deg; the drag depends on the ratio of base to maximum diameter, and boat-tail angle. The data were found to be independent of Mach number below 0.8 and it proved impossible to isolate any Reynolds number effects. |