A method for solving general compressible three-dimensional boundary-layer flows is developed. The equations are initially placed in a Crocco-type form which makes use of similarity variables. A general solution technique which employs an implicit finite-difference scheme that is stable for negative transverse velocities is developed. The solutions for some 10° vertical half-angle elliptical cones of varying ellipticity ratios at up to 8° angle of attack at a Mach number of 7.95 are presented. Skin friction and heat-transfer-rate distributions are presented for all cases. Good agreement has been found with experiment for the heat-transfer rates on circular cones at angle of attack. It has also been determined that increasing ellipticity tended to produce large heat-transfer-rate gradients, and large increases in the peak heat-transfer rates and peak skin frictions. It has also been found that for even moderate angles of attack and small ellipticity ratios the peak heat-transfer rate and peak longitudinal skin friction fall close to the major axis of the cone. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71036 |
| Date | January 1970 |
| Creators | McGowan, John James |
| Contributors | Engineering Mechanics |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | xi, 105 pages, 1 unnumbered leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 38532373 |
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