SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATION AND DIFFRACTION.

Abstract

Work was directed toward the accurate numerical solution of certain problems in high speed gasdynamics which are difficult to treat by conventional numerical methods. Mainly studied was the steady axisymmetric supersonic flow about a blunt body and the transient flows which result when a smooth blunt body, either at rest or in supersonic motion, is struck by a shock wave such as might be created by an explosion. In each of the cases to which the method was applied, the results obtained were far less complete than could be found. Since the finite-difference methods tend to be more inaccurate where the present approach is successful, the two methods complement one another. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0684948

Entities

People

  • John P. Moran

Organizations

  • Cornell University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Blunt Bodies
  • Bodies
  • Contracts
  • Diffraction
  • Flow
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • North Carolina
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Universities
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics