Approximate and exact numerical computation of supersonic flow over an airfoil

DOI10.1017/S0022112081000396zbMath0492.76069MaRDI QIDQ3955046

Timothy Lewis, Lawrence Sirovich

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

steadyshock expansion theorysymmetric airfoilflow behind airfoilperturbation method of Jonessecond- order theory of Friedrichs and Caugheytail shock

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05) Supersonic flows (76J20) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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