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Investigation of heat flux at the forward critical point of bodies placed in a high-temperature subsonic stream

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We present the results of measurements of the total heat flux at the forward critical point of axially symmetric models placed in a high-temperature subsonic stream of air and nitrogen in an apparatus which uses a high-frequency inductive discharge [1] to heat the gas. The heat fluxes were measured for cylindrical models whose forward part had one of three possible shapes: a hemisphere, a hemisphere with a blunt nose, or a flat circular end-face. A water-cooled calorimeter sensor was set up at the forward critical point of the model; the calorimeter sensor was made of different materials, so that it was possible to estimate the radiant and convective components of the total heat flux and determine the effect of the sensor material on the heat flux measured. The convective component of the heat flux was compared to a calculated value obtained by Fay and Riddell's formula. The heat-flux values found for two shapes of models were used in determining the effective radius of streamline flow for a model with a plane end-face.

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    É. B. Georg, Yu. K. Rulev & M. I. Yakushin

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 133–141, September–October, 1973.

The authors are grateful to N. I. Nesterov for his help with the work.

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Georg, É.B., Rulev, Y.K. & Yakushin, M.I. Investigation of heat flux at the forward critical point of bodies placed in a high-temperature subsonic stream. Fluid Dyn 8, 792–798 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023581

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