Special Course on Three-Dimensional Supersonic/Hypersonic Flows Including Separation
Abstract
The objective of this Special Course was to provide a status report on our understanding and ability to predict three-dimensional compressible flows including the complex effects of flow separation. Stimulation for this course arose from a variety of projects underway or receiving strong consideration in many countries: the next-generation supersonic transport, HERMES, the National Aerospace Plane, HOTOL, SANGER, the 'ORIENT EXPRESS' etc. An overview presentation of the requirements for this technology - showing applications and problem areas - set the stage for the course. This was followed by two lectures which discussed topics that are basic to all that followed. First, the capabilities and limitations of computational fluid dynamics to describe these complex flows was addressed; and second a review of turbulence models appropriate to compressible flows was presented. The next four lectures concentrated on a series of generic shock-shock boundary-layer interaction problems which may be viewed as either a means to understand flow physics or as building blocks for vehicle design. The course closed with a discussion on how the chemical reactions present in highly hypersonic flows influence three- dimensional hypersonic flows fields. Keywords: Supersonic flow; Hypersonic flow; Three dimensional flow; Boundary layer separation; Computation; Turbulence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA219740
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD