Low Density High Temperature Gas Dynamics

Abstract

The hypersonic flow over a flat plate with sharp leading edge has been studied extensively during the past ten years, particularly since a proper description of the kinetic, transitional, and possibly the early stages of the merged-layer regimes cannot be provided by the Navier-Stokes equations of continuum gas dynamics. Experimental evidence and the results of certain approximate theoretical treatments have therefore been employed to construct a variety of flow models for these non-continuum regimes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740989

Entities

People

  • J. F. Wendt
  • J. J. Smolderen

Organizations

  • von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Electron Beams
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Stream
  • Frequency
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Leading Edges
  • Low Density
  • Mach Number
  • Mean Free Path
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight