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Results are presented of an approximate analysis of steady heat transfer on a sharp thin (sin θ ≈ θ < 1) strongly cooled (tw ≪ 1) wedge, washed by a hypersonic (M ≫ 1) gas stream at zero angle of attack under almost free-molecule conditions. Dimensionless parameters on which the heat transfer depends have been established; approximate formulas for estimation purposes are given.
The present analysis is not a rigorous quantitative theory and its results should be regarded only as estimates; its conclusions may be useful for experimental planning and for generalization of test data. The method used here is analogous to that applied in [1] in analyzing flow over a flat plate.
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Koshmarov, Y.A. Heat transfer at a wedge in a hypersonic low-density gas stream. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 6, 98–100 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919328
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919328