ON THE NEWTONIAN HYPERSONIC STRONG-INTERACTION THEORY FOR FLOW PAST A FLAT PLATE

Abstract

The viscous hypersonic flow past the leading edge of a sharp flat plate, whose surface is parallel to an oncoming uniform flow, is analysed on the basis of a continuum model consisting of the Navier-Stokes equations and the velocity-slip and temperature-jump wall boundary conditions. It is assumed that the model fluid is a perfect gas having constant specific heats, a constant Prandtl number whose numerical value is order unity, and a normal viscosity coefficient varying as a power of the absolute temperature. Limiting forms of the solutions for such a flow are studied as: (1) the free-stream Mach number, M, goes to infinity; (2) the free-stream Reynolds number based upon the distance from the leading edge goes to infinity; and (3) the 'Newtonian parameter' goes to zero.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0643273

Entities

People

  • William B. Bush

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coefficients
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Free Stream
  • Gases
  • Leading Edges
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Specific Heat
  • Thickness
  • Viscosity

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow