Introduction to Hypersonic Flow

Translator's and Editor's PrefaceAuthor's Preface to Russian EditionAuthor's Preface to English EditionIntroduction 1. Historical Remarks and Characteristic Features of Hypersonic Aerodynamics 2. Basic Aerodynamic Problems Connected with Flight at Hypersonic Speeds 3. Some Information on the Properties of Air at High Temperatures 4. Experimental Methods for Studying High Speed Gas FlowsChapter I General Considerations on Hypersonic Flows of an Ideal Gas 1. Formulation of the Problem of Supersonic Flow of an Ideal Gas Past a Body 2. Additional Remarks on the Formulation of the Problem of Supersonic Flows Past Bodies 3. Characteristic Properties of Hypersonic Flows 4. Similarity Law for Limiting Hypersonic Flows Past Bodies of Given ShapeChapter II Hypersonic Flows Past Slender Bodies with Sharp Leading Edges 1. Estimate of the Disturbance Produced by the Supersonic Motion of Bodies in a Gas 2. Similarity Law for Hypersonic Flows Past Slender Bodies 3. Simplification of the Equations for Hypersonic Flows Past Slender Bodies 4. The Equivalence Principle for Hypersonic Flows Past Slender Bodies 5. Examples of the Application of the Equivalence PrincipleChapter III Newton's Law of Resistance; Tangent-Cone and Tangent-Wedge Methods; the Busemann Formula and the Boundary Layer Method 1. Newton's Law of Resistance 2. Use of the Newtonian Formula for Determining Aerodynamic Characteristics of Bodies and for Finding Bodies of Minimum Drag 3. Tangent-Cone and Tangent-Wedge Methods 4. The Busemann Formula 5. The Determination of Body Shapes of Minimum Drag Using the Busemann Formula 6. Boundary Layer Method 7. Use of the Equivalence Principle in the Boundary Layer Method 8. Boundary Layer Method: ExamplesChapter IV Methods Using Shock and Simple Wave Relations 1. General Remarks on the Methods of Calculating Supersonic Flows Past Airfoils 2. Exact Method Using Shock and Simple Wave Relations 3. Interaction of Disturbances with a Shock Wave 4. Flows Past Wedgelike Bodies and Slender Airfoils at Large Angles of Attack 5. Approximate Method Using Shock and Simple Wave Relations (Shock-Expansion Method) 6. Generalization to Flows Past Bodies of RevolutionChapter V Effect of Slight Leading Edge Blunting on Hypersonic Flows Past Bodies 1. Introductory Remarks and Formulation of the Problem 2. Flows Past a Flat Plate with a Flat Leading Edge, and a Right Circular Cylinder with Its End Normal to the Free Stream 3. Flow Past a Slender Wedge with a Blunt Leading Edge 4. Flow Past a Slender Blunted Cone 5. Similarity Law for Flows Past Slightly Blunted Slender BodiesCited ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index