Discontinuous solutions of an interacting three-dimensional hypersonic boundary layer

Autor: Makhan'kov, V. V.
Zdroj: Fluid Dynamics; March 1991, Vol. 26 Issue: 2 p173-179, 7p
Abstrakt: The paper is a mathematical study of the three-dimensional flow of viscous gas in a hypersonic boundary layer that develops along a flat wing whose leading edge has a step shape. The flow interacts with a flap on the wing set at a small angle. A linear solution to the problem is constructed under the assumption that the deflection angle of the flap is small and the difference between the length of the plates is of order unity. It is shown that an important part in the formation of the flow near and behind the flap may be played by the change in the pressure along the span of the wing due to the step shape of the leading edge. It is significant that although the pressure and displacement thickness are continuous functions of the transverse coordinate, the longitudinal and transverse components of the friction force have discontinuities.
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