An investigation of penetration and spreading for various fluids injected into a supersonic stream
By: Robert Wellington Castle, Jr
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 78
Description: A study was conducted to determine the effects of varying the fluid properties of viscosity, surface tension, and density on liquid jet breakup, penetration, and spreading. Water, heptane, and a 58 per cent glycerin-42 per cent water mixture (by mass) were injected transversely into Mach 2.8 and 4.0 airstreams through various circular orifices located in the surface of a flat plate model. Experiments were performed with injector orifices varying in diameter from 0.0145 inches to 0.080 inches, using injectant total pressures ranging from 30 psia. to 3000 psia. Steady-state penetration and lateral spreading distances were measured from scattered light photographs, and qualitative analyses of shock waves induced by the liquid jet were made using schlieren photographs. (Author)
Notes: Thesis Advisor(s): Reichenbach, Roy E.

"March 1968."

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Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 1968.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-39).

"New limitation change: approved for public release, distribution unlimited. Authority: ST-A USNPS LTR, 18, OCT 71."

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