The Interaction of a Hypersonic Plume with an External Hypersonic Stream

Abstract

A theoretical study of the gas dynamic interaction between a hypersonic plume and the opposed hypersonic external stream is presented. Steady, axisymmetric, inviscid, perfect gas flow is postulated for both the bow and far field regions. Limiting forms of solutions are obtained for the bow region by application of the Newton-Busemann approximation to both the exhaust plume and ambient air flow. Through asymptotic expansions and their matching, it is found that six regions are required to adequately describe the bow region. For the far field region, the hypersonic small-disturbance form of the Newton- Busemann approximation is applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771157

Entities

People

  • John T. Kelly

Organizations

  • New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Flow
  • Asymptotic Series
  • Boundary Layer
  • Curvature
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Exhaust Plumes
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluids
  • Gas Flow
  • Gases
  • Geometry
  • Jet Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Military Research
  • North Carolina
  • Pressure Distribution

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow