Supersonic flow past cones of general cross-section
- 1 May 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 13 (3) , 383-399
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112062000786
Abstract
The differential equations representing the supersonic flow of a gas past a cone of any cross-section are integrated numerically, using a method similar to those used for bluff-body problems. A stream function is used as one of the independent variables and this is particularly suitable for determining the singular ‘vortical layer’. The method is here applied to the cases of elliptic cones at zero yaw and circular cones at incidence. The results are compared with experiment and with other numerical solutions.Keywords
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