| Abstract: | The profiles of conical bodies for which the position of the center of pressure in a supersonic flow with symmetry plane does not depend on the flow parameters are considered. The theoretical investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of circular cones 1] has shown that their center of pressure does not depend on the angle of attack  when the shock wave is attached to the apex of the cone. It was established experimentally in 2, 3] for star-shaped bodies that the position of the center of pressure for such bodies hardly changes in a wide range of Mach numbers and angles of attack.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 99–104, January–February, 1980.I thank G. G. Chernyi for discussing the results. |
