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The Three-Dimensional Interaction of a Shock Wave with a Turbulent Boundary Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

A. McCabe
A. McCabe*
Affiliation:
The Mechanics of Fluids Department, University of Manchester
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Summary

Experiments are described on the interaction of the shock wave generated by a wedge in a supersonic wind tunnel with the turbulent boundary layer on the side wall. It is shown that the onset of separation appears to be largely affected by the action of streamwise vorticity in the interaction region. A simple approximate theory based on this concept shows reasonable agreement with the experimental results. Comparisons have been made with two-dimensional interactions of normal shocks and boundary layers, but they did not produce any conclusive results.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , August 1966 , pp. 231 - 252
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1966

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