AN INVERSE METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUBSONIC FLOW REGION ABOUT BLUNTED BODIES WITHOUT AXIAL SYMMETRY AT SUPER SONIC FREE STREAM MACH NUMBERS

Abstract

A three-dimensional blunt body inverse technique is formulated in terms of two-component stream functions in the spirit of the Ferri, Vaglio Laurin axisymmetric blunt body method. In a sim ilar manner to the axisymmetric case, transforma tions are found that reduce the elliptic asymmet ric shocklayer to a transformed space in which shock, streamlines (or the intersections of stream surfaces), body, and sonic surface are a priori known, so that numerical analysis proce dures are considerably simplified. Provided three equations in the three velocity components of the transsformed space are numerically solved, then inverse transformations are given so that the corresponding velocities, pressure, and density at a point in the physical space may be deter mined. The class of given shocks considered are portions of prolate ellipsoids in the physical space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408435

Entities

People

  • C. R. Ortloff

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Axisymmetric
  • Blunt Bodies
  • Bodies
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Stagnation Point
  • Subsonic Flow
  • Symmetry
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Space
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