Asymptotic solution to the problem of hypersonic flow over bodies in the neighborhood of the separation point of a thin shock layer (Q794522)

The hypersonic flow of an inviscid perfect gas past a convex body is discussed in the limit case of the Mach number tending to infinity and the specific heat ratio tending to one. Special interest is drawn on the separation point of the shock layer from the body. The so called Newton- Busemann formula is employed. The equation of motion and the continuity equation are employed on the other side and projected normally to the streamlines and an expansion form is developed with the ratio of the densities on either side of the normal shock as a parameter. The solution is based on the method of successive approximation. At the neighbourhood of the separation point indefinite forms occure which depend on the shape of the tip of the body. Several types of tip shapes are taken into account and the solutions belonging to them are described. In some cases a solution is to be found by the method of matched expansions. Examples are carried out and the pressure distributions at the body near the separation point are given for two-dimensional and three-dimensional cases. The results obtained by the present method are compared with those described by other authors and those obtained by the exact numerical solution.