Much has been learned about the physics underlying the transition process at supersonic and hypersonic speeds through years of analysis, experiment and computation. Generally, the application of this knowledge has been restricted to simple shapes like plates, cones and spherical bodies. However, flight reentry vehicles are in reality never simple. They typically are highly complex geometries flown at angle of attack so three-dimensional effects are very important, as are roughness effects due to surface features and/or ablation. This paper will review our present understanding of the physics of the transition process and look back at some of the recent flight test programs for their successes and failures. The goal of this paper is to develop rationale for new hypersonic boundary layer transition flight experiments. Motivations will be derived from both an inward look at what we believe constitutes a good flight test program as well as an outward review of the goals and objectives of some recent US based unclassified proposals and programs. As part of our recommendations, this paper will address the need for careful experimental work as per the guidelines enunciated years ago by the U.S. Transition Study Group. Following these guidelines is essential to obtaining reliable, usable data for allowing refinement of transition estimation techniques.


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    Titel :

    Recommendations for Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition Flight Testing


    Beteiligte:
    Berry, Scott A. (Autor:in) / Kimmel, Roger (Autor:in) / Reshotko, Eli (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference ; 2011 ; Honolulu, HI, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-06-27


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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    Recommendations for Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition Flight Testing

    Berry, Scott / Kimmel, Roger / Reshotko, Eli | AIAA | 2011



    Boundary Layer Transition and Hypersonic Flight Testing

    Kuntz, David / Potter, Donald | AIAA | 2007


    Boundary Layer Transition and Hypersonic Flight Testing AIAA Paper

    Kuntz, D. / Potter, D. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007