supersonic flow
31Combustor — Flame stabilized by cyclone. A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, combustion chamber or flame holder. In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or …
32Airfoil — An airfoil (in American English) or aerofoil (in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller, rotor or turbine) or sail as seen in cross section. An airfoil shaped body moved through a fluid produces a force perpendicular to… …
33Ludwieg tube — A Ludwieg tube is a cheap and efficient way of producing supersonic flow. Mach numbers up to 4 are easily obtained without any additional heating of the flow, with heating Mach numbers of up to 11 can be reached.PrincipleA Ludwieg tube is a wind… …
34Wind tunnel — A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects.Ways that wind speed and flow are measured in wind tunnels: * Threads can be attached to the surface of study objects to… …
35Subsonic and transonic wind tunnel — ubsonic tunnelLow speed wind tunnels are used for operations at very low mach number, with speeds in the test section up to 400 km/h ( 100 m/s, M = 0.3). They are of open return type ( losses. Open wind tunnelThe working principle is based on the …
36Bow shock (aerodynamics) — For other uses, see Bow shock. A blunt body fired from a gun against a supersonic flow in a wind tunnel, producing a bow shock. A bow shock, also called a detached shock, is a curved, stationary shock wave that is found in supersonic flow past a… …
37Planar Doppler velocimetry — (PDV), also referred to as Doppler Global Velocimetry (DGV), determines flow velocity across a plane by measuring the Doppler shift in frequency of light scattered by particles contained in the flow. The Doppler shift, Δfd, is related to the… …
38Wallace D. Hayes — (c. 1919 2001) was a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering who made numerous fundamental contributions to the understanding of supersonic flight and supersonic aircraft design.In a series of publications beginning in 1947 with his… …
39Mach wave — In fluid dynamics, a Mach wave is a pressure wave traveling with the speed of sound caused by a slight change of pressure added to a compressible flow. These weak waves can combine in supersonic flow to become a shock wave if sufficient Mach… …
40General Dynamics F-16XL — infobox Aircraft name= F 16XL type= Experimental fighter manufacturer= General Dynamics caption= F 16XL in flight designer= first flight= introduced= retired= primary user= United States Air Force more users= NASA number built= 2 status= unit… …
