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Supersonic flow past a wedge on a flat plate. Laminar boundary layer separation and reattachment

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Supersonic laminar flow past a two-dimensional “flat-plate/wedge“ configuration is numerically investigated. The pressures at the boundary layer separation and reattachment points are calculated over wide Mach and Reynolds number ranges. The minimum angles of the wedge surface inclination at which a return flow occurs are determined. The results are presented in the form of generalized Mach-number-dependences of the theoretical pressure on the wedge surface initiating boundary layer separation and the pressure at the boundary layer reattachment point.

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Original Russian Text © A.D. Savel’ev, 2007, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, 2007, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 46–52.

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Savel’ev, A.D. Supersonic flow past a wedge on a flat plate. Laminar boundary layer separation and reattachment. Fluid Dyn 42, 907–913 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0015462807060051

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