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The separation of Newtonian shock layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. R. Ockendon
Affiliation:
St Catherine's College, Oxford

Abstract

The separation points which occur in the Newtonian theory of hypersonic flow are treated by locally modifying the shock-layer equations. This approach leads to direct verification of the free-layer theory for separation on certain bodies with discontinuous curvature. Separation points on bodies with continuous curvature have already been treated by matching the upstream shock-layer solution to the downstream free-layer solution. The agreement that is found between these results and those of the present approach provides further confirmation of the free-layer theory.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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