Impingement of cloud droplets on aerodynamic bodies as affected by compressibility of air flow around the body

Abstract

Note presenting the computation of the trajectories of water droplets in a compressible-air flow field around a cylinder using a mechanical analog. The results of the calculations at approximately the flight critical Mach number were compared with calculations of trajectories in an incompressible flow field. Results regarding the extension of cylinder results to airfoils are provided.