Drag Measurements on an Ellipsoidal Body

dc.contributor.authorDeMoss, Joshua Andrewen
dc.contributor.committeechairSimpson, Roger L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDevenport, William J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNeu, Wayne L.en
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:44:43Zen
dc.date.adate2007-10-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:44:43Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08-21en
dc.date.rdate2007-10-16en
dc.date.sdate2007-09-03en
dc.description.abstractA drag study was conducted on an oblate ellipsoid body in the Virginia Tech Stability Wind Tunnel. Two-dimensional wake surveys were taken with a seven-hole probe and an integral momentum method was applied to the results to calculate the drag on the body. Several different model configurations were tested; these included the model oriented at a 0° and 10° angle of attack with respect to the oncoming flow. For both angles, the model was tested with and without flow trip strips. At the 0° angle of attack orientation, data were taken at a speed of 44 m/s. Data with the model at a 10° angle of attack were taken at 44 m/s and 16 m/s. The high speed flow corresponded to a length-based Reynolds number of about 4.3 million; the low speed flow gave a Reynolds number of about 1.6 million. The results indicated that the length-squared drag coefficients ranged from around 0.0026 for the 0° angle of attack test cases and 0.0035 for the 10° angle of attack test cases. The 10° angle of attack cases had higher drag due to the increase in the frontal profile area of the model and the addition of induced drag. The flow trip strips appeared to have a tiny effect on the drag; a slight increase in drag coefficient was seen by their application but it was not outside of the uncertainty in the calculation. At the lower speed, uncertainties in the calculation were so high that the drag results could not be considered with much confidence, but the drag coefficient did decrease from the higher Reynolds number cases. Uncertainty in the drag calculations derived primarily from spatial fluctuations of the mean velocity and total pressure in the wake profile; uncertainty was estimated to be about 16% or less for the 44 m/s test cases.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09032007-103809en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09032007-103809/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34908en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartDeMoss_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWake Measurementen
dc.subjectDrag Measurementen
dc.subjectEllipsoiden
dc.subjectNon-body of Revolutionen
dc.subjectSeven-hole probeen
dc.subjectMulti-hole probeen
dc.subjectSubsonic Aerodynamicsen
dc.titleDrag Measurements on an Ellipsoidal Bodyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace and Ocean Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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