“…The interaction strength (defined as the theoretical inviscid pressure ratio P2/P1 across the shock) varied from P2/PI = 1.35 to 5.1 for the supersonic (Mach 3 to 4) cases and from 5.4 to 9.7 for the hypersonic (Mach 8.2) case. Theoretical (numerical) studies for the 3-D single fin interaction have been performed at Mach 3 and Mach 4 by Horstman and Hung (1979), Knight (1984Knight ( , 1985, Horstman (1986), Knight et al (1987, Knight (1989, 1991), and Knight and Badekas (1991), and at Mach 8.2 by . The theoretical models were either the full 3-D or conical Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations incorporating algebraic (Cebeci and Smith 1974;Baldwin and Lomax 1978) or two equation (Jones-Launder 1972;Rodi 1991) turbulence models.…”