The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is often referred to as the “missile with a man in it.” It encapsulates the obsession of the ...

Notable features of the facility include boundary layer suction control and tilting ceilings with adjustable pressure gradients. The wind tunnel is outfitted with extensive measurement capabilities, ...

This friction is associated with the development of boundary layers, and it scales with Reynolds number as we have seen above. Pressure drag comes from the eddying motions that are set up in the fluid ...