Abstract A summary of experimental and numerical results concerning the phenomenon of upstream moving pressure waves in the transonic flow regime is presented. As experimental and numerical time-resolved shadowgraphs show, such waves initiate near the sharp trailing edge of a supercritical airfoil and in the wake, propagate upstream in the subsonic region of the flow, and strengthen before becoming apparently weaker and almost disappear near the leading edge. Using high order numerical simulation several mechanisms of wave generation based on vortex dynamics as well as vortex/trailing edge interactions and wake fluctuations are distinguished. These waves on the upper side of the airfoil are also captured with pressure transducers mounted in the airfoil model as pressure oscillations of dominant frequencies ranging between 1 to 2 kHz. Furthermore, the statistical analysis of the pressure histories allowed for the determination of wave propagation direction, strength and speed.


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