Two-dimensional choked transonic flow (Q1094974)

Choked transonic flow about a thin two-dimensional airfoil in a wide wind tunnel is analyzed. Asymptotic expansions are constructed in terms of the transonic similarity variable \(K_ T\) as \(K_ T\to 0\) (and the tunnel height\(\to \infty)\), in an inner region, ``near'' the body, and in an outer region, near the walls, and are matched. The inner expansion consists of sonic free flow plus a correction. The outer expansion accounts for the meeting of the sonic line and the limit characteristic at the wall. The magnitude of the correction to sonic free flight at the body as well as the dependence of the choking Mach number on the wind tunnel height are determined. A boundary value problem is formulated to determine the correction to the free flight sonic flow.