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Higher-Order Solutions for Unsteady Hypersonic and Supersonic Flow
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2016
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The problem of unsteady hypersonic and supersonic flow with attached shock wave past wedge-like bodies is studied, using as a basis the assumption that the unsteady flow is a small perturbation from a steady uniform wedge flow. It is formulated in the most general case and applicable for any motion or deformation of the body. A method of solution to the perturbation equations is given by expanding the flow quantities in power series in M−2, M being the Mach number of the steady wedge flow. It is shown how solutions of successive orders in the series may be calculated. In particular, the second-order solution is given and shown to give improvements uniformly over the first-order solution.
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