Download or read book Flight Investigation at High Mach Numbers of Several Methods of Measuring Static Pressure on an Airplane Wing written by John A. Zalovcik and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: A flight investigation was made to compare static pressures in subsonic and supersonic flow over an airplane wing as measured by static-pressure tubes, a static-pressure belt, and orifices flush with the wing surface. The measurements were made on the upper surface of the wing of the P-47D airplane over a range of flight conditions in which local Mach numbers from 0.34 to 1.41 were obtained at the measurement stations. For some of the tests, a total-pressure tube was mounted on the wing surface to determine its characteristics in supersonic flow. The results indicated that static-pressure measurements obtained with suitably designed and installed flush orifices, static-pressure tubes, and static-pressure belt will be in reasonable agreement for both subsonic and supersonic flow. The pressures in supersonic flow measured by the total-pressure tube mounted on the wing surface were found to be in close agreement with values predicted by theory.