Unsteady Transonic Flow Computations,

Abstract

The effects of unsteady modes of motion on two-dimensional transonic flows are investigated. Numerical algorithms that treat shock waves as moving discontinuities are described for nonlinear and time-linearized perturbation flows. Results for transonic flow past an NACA 64A006 airfoil experiencing harmonic motions in one of several modes are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049188

Entities

People

  • A. R. Seebass
  • K.-y. Fung
  • N. J. Yu

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Shock Waves
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Unsteady Aerodynamics
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics