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Rocket Measurements of Upper Atmosphere Ambient Temperature and Pressure in the 30‐ to 75‐Kilometer Region

dc.contributor.authorSicinski, Henry S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, N. W. (Nelson W. )en_US
dc.contributor.authorDow, William G. (William Gould)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-06T23:31:55Z
dc.date.available2010-05-06T23:31:55Z
dc.date.issued1954-02en_US
dc.identifier.citationSicinski, H. S.; Spencer, N. W.; Dow, W. G. (1954). "Rocket Measurements of Upper Atmosphere Ambient Temperature and Pressure in the 30‐ to 75‐Kilometer Region." Journal of Applied Physics 25(2): 161-168. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71305>en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71305
dc.description.abstractA method for determining ambient temperature and ambient pressure in the upper atmosphere is described, using the properties of a supersonic flow field surrounding a right circular cone. The underlying fundamentals stem from basic aerodynamic principles as combined with the developments of the aerodynamics of supersonic cones by G. I. Taylor, J. W. Maccoll, and A. H. Stone. The experiment provides the necessary cone pressures, velocities and Eulerian angles, such that a Mach number characterizing the ambient space conditions may be computed. A description is given of the requisite experimental equipment and related techniques. Experimental data from two rocket‐borne equipments are presented with the resulting calculated pressures and temperatures as experienced over New Mexico to approximately 70 kilometers.en_US
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dc.publisherThe American Institute of Physicsen_US
dc.rights© The American Institute of Physicsen_US
dc.titleRocket Measurements of Upper Atmosphere Ambient Temperature and Pressure in the 30‐ to 75‐Kilometer Regionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPhysicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan, Engineering Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71305/2/JAPIAU-25-2-161-1.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1063/1.1721596en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Applied Physicsen_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceRpt. No. 2, Upper Air Research Program, Engineering Research Institute, University of Michigan, July 1948.en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceAnother temperature measurement method, similar in that correspondingly fundamental pressure measurements are employed, has been utilized by the Naval Research Laboratory. See Haven, Koll, and La Gow, J. Geophys. Research 57, 59–72 (1952).en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceFor definition of extensive and intensive properties see F. E. Fowle, Smithsonian Physical Tables.en_US
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dc.identifier.citedreferenceFranklin K. Moore, “Laminar boundary layer on a cone in supersonic flow at large angles of attack,” NACA‐TN‐2844.en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceG. I. Taylor and J. W. Maccoll, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A139, 279–311 (1933). J. W. Maccoll, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A159, 459–472 (1937).en_US
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dc.identifier.citedreferenceG. I. Taylor and J. W. Maccoll, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) A139, 288–292 (1933).en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceA. H. Stone, J. Math. Phys. 30, 200 (1952).en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceZ. Kopal, Report No. 3, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering Center of Analysis and Z. Kopal, Report No. 5, 1949, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Electrical Engineering Center of Analysis.en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceVan Dyke, Young, and Siska, J. Aeronaut. Sci. 18, 355 (1951).en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceA. H. Stone, J. Math. Phys. 27, 73 (1948), Eq. 34.en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceDeveloped from an original design by J. R. Downing and G. Mellen, Rev. Sci. Instr. 17, 218 (1946).en_US
dc.identifier.citedreferenceS. K. Mitra, “The Upper Atmosphere,” The Royal Society of Bengal Monograph Series (1947), Vol. V, Eq. 3, p. 5 (dp/P  =  −mgdh/kT1).(dp∕P=−mgdh∕kT1).en_US
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