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The hypersonic viscous effect on a flat plate with finite leading edge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Andrew G. Hammitt
Andrew G. Hammitt
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Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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Abstract

A method has been developed for calculating the viscous effects of the hypersonic flow on the fore part of various bodies. This method takes into account the finite leading-edge thickness of the body and the detached shock wave. The calculated pressure distributions agree with all experimental results for both air and helium over a wide range of Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers. The calculation predicts skin frictions of the order of twice those predicted by ordinary boundary-layer theory.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , February 1959 , pp. 242 - 256
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© 1959 Cambridge University Press

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