Perspectives on hypersonic viscous flow researchIssues and advances in current hypersonic flow research perceived to be of interest in theoretical fluid/gas dynamics are reviewed. Particular attention is given to the hypersonic aircraft as waverider, computational methods and theoretical development in the study of viscous interaction, and boundary-layer instability and transition studies. In the present framework the study of viscous hypersonic flow faces transition problems of two kinds which represent the two major areas of current research: the turbulence transition in the high Re range and the transition to the free-molecule limit.
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19940034237
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Cheng, H. K. (Southern California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)