SUPERSONIC SEPARATED AND REATTACHING LAMINAR FLOWS: I. GENERAL THEORY AND APPLICATION TO ADIABATIC BOUNDARY LAYER-SHOCK WAVE INTERACTIONS.
Abstract
The report deals with laminar boundary layer-shock wave interactions in which the pressure rise generated in an external supersonic, inviscid flow is communicated upstream through the boundary layer, and thereby induces flow separation. In order to describe this phenomenon approximately, including the subsequent reattachment of the flow, an integral or moment method is utilized in which the first moment of momentum is employed, in addition to the usual momentum integral (zeroth moment). The theoretical calculations agree quite well with the adiabatic laminar boundary layer-shock wave interaction experiments of Chapman and Hakkinen at moderate supersonic speeds. A comparison between the calculations and the experimental results of Sterrett and Emery on the free interaction upstream of a forward facing step at M = 6.5 also shows good agreement up to the plateau. The highly-cooled laminar boundary layer-shock wave interaction is qualitatively similar to the adiabatic turbulent boundary layer interaction. The limitations of the two-moment method based on a one parameter family of velocity profiles are discussed and the role of a two-moment, two-parameter method such as Wieghardt's is examined briefly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 04, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0600097
Entities
People
- Barry L. Reeves
- Lester Lees
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology