Three Dimensional Supersonic Flow Over a Smooth Body with Shock-Producing Protuberance.

Abstract

The investigation is directed primarily at the second order solution of the three dimensional, supersonic flow field around an arbitrarily-shaped body which, although otherwise of smooth contour, has a protuberance that generates a shock wave and substantially disturbs the flow downstream. Such configurations occur for example, in fuselage-canopy combinations. The calculation of the flow field about a body with no local protuberance is considered first, the solution being based on the so-called method of near-characteristics. Typical numerical results are presented for circular and elliptic cones, tangent ogives of circular and elliptic cross section, and a representative non-axisymmetric compression surface. Comparisons with results from conical flow theories and with experimental data are made wherever possible. The theoretical analysis and computational procedure evolved for the primary body is then extended to permit the addition of the shock-producing protuberance. This approach enable the flow upstream of the secondary shock to be considered uniform.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0728501

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Scheuing

Organizations

  • Grumman

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Compression
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fuselages
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow