Results of a study of hypersonic-turbulent boundary-layer separation over axisymmetric bodies are presented. Pressure, heat-transfer and flow visualization data were obtained for a cone-cylinder-flare configuration. The experimental data were correlated with a theoretical prediction. (Author).

Two circulation conical configurations having 15° half-angles were tested in laminar boundary layer at a Mach number of 6 and angles of attack up to 90°. One cone had a sharp nose and a fineness ratio of 1.87 and the other had a spherically blunted nose with a bluntness ratio of 0.1428 and a fineness ratio of 1.66. Pressure measurements and schlieren pictures of the flow showed that near-conical flow existed above 70° high pressure areas were present near the base and the bow shock wave was considerably curved.