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Numerical investigation of supersonic flow past blunt bodies with protruding spikes

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A procedure for the calculation of a supersonic flow of ideal gas near axisymmetric blunt bodies with protruding spikes is developed. The flow past a frustum of a cone with a protruding spherically blunt cylindrical spike as a dependence on the ratio K of the spike length1 to the diameter D of the flat end of the body and the Mach number M of the oncoming flow is studied. Several steady flow regimes are obtained, including the formation of circulation zones and internal shock waves in the shock layer. It is shown that mounting a spike in front of the frustum of a cone can lead to a 40–50% reduction in its drag. A full investigation of the variation of the drag coefficient as a dependence on K is carried out for M = 3.

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    V. N. Karlovskii & V. I. Sakharov

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 119–127, May–June, 1986.

The authors express their gratitude to V. A. Levin for the formulation of the problem and his constant attention to the work.

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Karlovskii, V.N., Sakharov, V.I. Numerical investigation of supersonic flow past blunt bodies with protruding spikes. Fluid Dyn 21, 437–445 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01409731

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