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The method of characteristics for steady supersonic rotational flow in three dimensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Maurice Holt
Maurice Holt
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence
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Abstract

The method of characteristics for steady supersonic flow problems in three dimensions, due to Coburn & Dolph (1949), is extended so that flow with shocks and entropy changes may be treated. Equations of motion based on Coburn & Dolph's characteristic coordinate system are derived and a scheme is described for solving these by finite differences.

A linearized method of characteristics is developed for calculating perturbations of a given three-dimensional field of flow. This is a generalization of the method evolved by Ferri (1952) for perturbations of plane flow and conical flow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1956 , pp. 409 - 423
Copyright
© 1956 Cambridge University Press

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