Account of solved and unsolved questions bearing on analysis of flows (including observables) about practical hypersonic vehicles; fluid-mechanical aspects and features of problem are considered; methods of analysis for 2- and 3-dimensional configurations in continuum inviscid flows, and recent investigations of aerodynamic characteristics in rarefied flow regime, are reviewed; physicochemical aspects; required extensions to include effects of chemical reactions and radiation, as well as current capabilities for determining and correlating observables in complete flow patterns.
External hypersonic flows
Aerospace Eng
Aerospace Engineering ; 22 , n 1
1963
9 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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