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The Drag of Streamline WiresPreliminary results are given of drag tests of streamline wires. Full-size wires were tested over a wide range of speeds in the N.A.C.A. high speed tunnel. The results are thus directly applicable to full-scale problems and include any compressibility effects encountered at the higher speeds. The results show how protuberances may be employed on conventional streamline wires to reduce the drag, and also show how the conventional wires compare with others having sections more like strut or symmetrical airfoil sections. Because the new wire sections developed are markedly superior aerodynamically to conventional wires, it is recommended that some of them be tested in service in order to investigate their relative susceptibility to vibration and to fatigue failure.
Document ID
19930081367
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Jacobs, Eastman N
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1933
Report/Patent Number
NACA-TN-480
Accession Number
93R10657
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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