Far nonlinear field of a nonlifting airfoil for a generalized equation of transonic flow (Q1082202)

The transonic flow equation for plane unsteady irrotational ideal-gas flows is extended to the case of subsonic, transonic or supersonic flows in a region with an almost constant value of the velocity using orthogonal flow coordinates (family of equipotential lines and streamlines). A solution for the nonlinear far field of steady transonic flow past an airfoil has been obtained for the transonic equation. It is obtained for a generalized transonic equation and its asymptotic expansion is given. In using difference methods of calculating the flow past an airfoil in the transonic regime a knowledge of the nonlinear field makes it possible to reduce the dimensions of the calculation region (near field) as compared with the region determined by the far field of the linear theory.