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The influence of wall cooling on hypersonic boundary-layer separation and stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

K. W. Cassel ,
A. I. Ruban  and
J. D. A. Walker
K. W. Cassel
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
A. I. Ruban
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
J. D. A. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Abstract

The effect of wall cooling on hypersonic boundary-layer separation near a compression ramp is considered. Two cases are identified corresponding to the value of the average Mach number $\overline{M}$ across the upstream boundary layer approaching the compression ramp. The flow is referred to as supercritical for $\overline > 1$ and subcritical for $\overline{M} < 1$. The interaction is described by triple-deck theory, and numerical results are given for both cases for various ramp angles and levels of wall cooling. The effect of wall cooling on the absolute instability described recently by Cassel, Ruban & Walker (1995) for an uncooled wall is of particular interest; a stabilizing effect is observed for supercritical boundary layers, but a strong destabilizing influence occurs in the subcritical case. Wall cooling also influences the location and size of the separated region. For supercritical flow, progressive wall cooling reduces the size of the recirculating-flow region, the separation point moves downstream, and upstream influence is diminished. In contrast for the subcritical case downstream influence is reduced with increased cooling. In either situation, a sufficient level of wall cooling eliminates separation altogether for the ramp angles considered. The present numerical results closely confirm the strong wall cooling theory of Kerimbekov, Ruban & Walker (1994).

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 321 , 25 August 1996 , pp. 189 - 216
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© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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