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REFINED NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF THE TRANSONIC FLOW PAST A WEDGE (OBLIQUE SHOCK).

An adaptive refinement procedure combining the ideas of solving a modified difference equation and of adaptive mesh refinement is introduced. The numerical solution on a fixed grid is improved by inclusion of approximated truncation error computed from local subgrid refinement. Following this procedure, a reliable scheme has been developed for refined computations of the flow past a wedge at transonic speeds. Effects of the truncation error on the pressure, wave drag, sonic line, and shock position are investigated. By comparing the pressure drag on the wedge and the wave drag due to the shocks, the existence of a supersonic-to-supersonic shock originating from the wedge shoulder is confirmed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/187911
Date January 1985
CreatorsLIANG, SHEN-MIN.
ContributorsFuny, K. -Y., Sears, W. R., Fife, P. C.
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic)
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