AN ITERATIVE METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING THE FLOW FIELD ABOUT A SUPERSONIC BLUNT BODY,

Abstract

An iterative method is described for approximating the inviscid flow field about a supersonic axisymmetric blunt body. The unique feature of the method is the use of a shock condition as the key in obtaining successive approximations. The method is not particularly suitable for obtaining results in closed form, but should be reasonably convenient for numerical computation. An approximation to the flow of an ideal gas about a sphere is obtained by applying a similar method to an approximate set of flow equations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0435078

Entities

People

  • Paul Nelson Jr

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Blunt Bodies
  • Bodies
  • Computations
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Inviscid Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow