Interaction of the Corner of Intersecting Wedges at a Mach Numer of 3 and High Reynolds Numbers.

Abstract

The flow structure was determined in the streamwise corner formed by two intersecting wedges of 9 1/2-degree half angle in a supersonic stream at a Mach number of 3 and over a Reynolds number range from 40000 to 6 x 10 to the 7th power. Measurements included Pitot traverses, surface pressures, and oil flow visualization. For Reynolds numbers below 3000000 the wedge boundary layer was studied as laminar and transitional, with the corner interaction initially extended laterally well beyond the embedded shock. Spanwise surface pressure distributions for both the laminar and the turbulent cases are compared to those for two-dimensional flow separation.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734540

Entities

People

  • John E. West
  • Robert H. Korkegi

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Flow
  • Flow Separation
  • Flow Visualization
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Two Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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