Abstract :
IN RECENT YEARS, aerodynamic heating, or air-friction heating, has become one of the major problems in increasing aircraft velocities. Since little is known concerning the effects on air craft structures heated in this fashion, experimental data must be obtained which will indicate necessary design procedure. It is desirable that the experiments be conducted under laboratory conditions to eliminate the necessity for flight, to give greater ease in instrumentation, and to give the greatest control of test conditions.
