A Numerical Study of the Laminar Near-Wake of an Axisymmetric Body in a Supersonic Flow

Abstract

A numerical solution of the laminar, steady near wake of an axisymmetric body in supersonic flow is developed. The body considered is a spherically capped cylinder with a truncated base. The full set of compressible partial differential equations are solved. The numerical approach is a two-step time dependent finite difference procedure similar to that used by Cheng and Allen in two-dimensions. The scheme is the elimination of the viscosity dependent stability condition for the time dependent solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 27, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736385

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  • Charles Ruger

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stability Conditions
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics