Stability of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Flows

Abstract

This Final Report describes our program in studies of (laminar/turbulent) stability and transition in non-equilibrium chemistry flows characteristic of those on the forebodies of hypersonic vehicles. The configuration best modelling a hypersonic vehicle is an elliptic cone. Specifically, we investigated and optimized a Parabolized Navier-Stokes solution for the basic-state flow past a sharp elliptic cone including the region between the wall and the shock. We formulated the Parabolized Stability Equations for 3-D flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329724

Entities

People

  • Helen L. Reed

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Control
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Swept Wings
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight