Application of the Method of Characteristics to Supersonic Rotational Flow

Abstract

This characteristic method for the determination of supersonic phenomena was first used by Prandtl and Busemann for two-dimensional flow. For flow with axial symmetry Frankl used the method of characteristics for determining the shape of a supersonic circular effuser with uniform exit velocity, and Ferrari independently used the characteristics method for determining supersonic phenomena for every type of boundary condition. Subsequently Guderley and Sauer transformed the system proposed by Frankl and Ferrari and obtained a different analytical solution of the problem. In all applications the hypothesis of potential flow was made; therefore the equation of potential flow was used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 1946
Accession Number
ADB203344

Entities

People

  • Antonio Ferri

Organizations

  • Langley Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Birds
  • Control Surfaces
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Physical Properties
  • Potential Flow
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shape
  • Shock Waves
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Two Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional Flow
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow