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The supersonic motion of an aerofoil through a temperature front

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. W. Craggs
Affiliation:
King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Abstract

A solution is given for the sound waves generated when an infinite wedge passes at supersonic velocity through the plane interface between different media. The results are then applied to the particular case when the two media consist of the same perfect gas at different temperatures. It is observed that the flow can be deduced for any symmetrical aerofoil of infinite span by superposition, and the case of a double wedge is considered in detail.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1957 Cambridge University Press

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References

Craggs, J. W. 1956 Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 237, 372.
Ward, G. N. 1955 Linearized Theory of Steady High-speed Flow. Cambridge University Press.