Hypsersonic Inlet Boundary Layer Prediction

Hypersonic inlet boundary-layer research.

“…The discontinuity/ analogy method, described in Ref. 1. has been generalized in this paper to include pressure gradients normal to the wall.…”

“…C f = local skin friction h = static enthalpy H = shape parameter H e = shape parameter, 5 e */8 e H w = shape parameter, 5 W */6 W H. 1 O NE of the major problems associated with design of hypersonic airbreathing propulsion systems involves boundary-layer development in the inlet. This boundarylayer comprises a large portion of the inlet flow and is extremely complicated by virtue of the environment, including strong adverse pressure gradients, heat transfer, centrifugal forces and real gas effects.…”