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The expansion of a hypersonic turbulent boundary layer at a sharp corner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

A. W. Bloy
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester, England

Abstract

A sharp wedge expansion flap was tested in the von Kámán Institute Long-shot tunnel at Mach 16 and data on the wall pressure and heat transfer were obtained. Pitot pressure measurements in the boundary layer just ahead of the expansion flap were also made. The surface data are compared with predictions from a characteristics solution for the boundary-layer expansion and from a simple heat-transfer theory.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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