On the Interaction Between the Shock Wave Attached to a Wedge and Freestream Disturbances

Abstract

We present a study of the interaction of small amplitude, unsteady, freestream disturbances with a shock wave induced by a wedge in supersonic flow. These disturbances may be acoustic waves, vorticity waves, or entropy waves (or indeed a combination of all three). Their interactions then generate behind the shock disturbances of all three classes, an aspect that is investigated in some detail, our motivation here being to investigate possible mechanisms for boundary-layer receptivity, caused through the amplification and modification of freestream turbulence through shock-body coupling. Also, the possibility of enhanced mixing owing to additional vorticity produced by the shock-body coupling is investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA271839

Entities

People

  • D. G. Lasseigne
  • M. Y. Hussaini
  • Peter W. Duck

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gas Flow
  • Layers
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Turbulence
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers