Approximate formulas for the heat fluxes to the surface of three- dimensional bodies (Q1314205)

The steady three-dimensional flow of a perfect gas over blunt bodies is investigated using a model of a hypersonic viscous shock layer. Analytical formulae are obtained for the distribution of the heat flux on the side surface normalized by its value at the stagnation point using the integral method of successive approximations. It is shown that at moderate and high Reynolds numbers the distribution of the relative heat flux depends slightly on the Reynolds number and on other gas-dynamic parameters of the flow. The accuracy of the formulae obtained is estimated by comparing them with the results of numerical solutions of the three-dimensional viscous shock layer equations for bodies of various shape. The formulae proposed do not require values of the flow parameters on the outer edge of the boundary layer (i.e. the calculation of three- dimensional inviscid flow) and a calculation of the inviscid streamlines on the surface. They depend only on the geometrical characteristics of the body.