A Study of Flow Separation in Regions of Shock Wave-Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flow.

Abstract

This report describes a theoretical and experimental investigation of the properties of attached and separated regions of shock wave-laminar boundary layer interacting in the strong interaction regime. The flow is studied over a flat plate-wedge compression surface in the high Mach number, low Reynolds number regime where the interaction between the viscous and inviscid regions over the basic flat plate is strong and of fundamental importance to the problem. The theoretical analysis treats the development of the viscous layer and its interaction with the external inviscid stream, using an integral representation for the boundary layer equations. A complementary experimental study investigated the flow over a flat plate-wedge compression surface for a range of free-stream Reynolds number and Mach number conditions in the strong interaction regime.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015061

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Holden

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Compression
  • Flow
  • Flow Separation
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Stream
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

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