This work has addressed the question: What is the effect of nonequilibrium chemical reactions on separated hypersonic flow? The model used to generate the separate flow is a hypersonic shock wave/boundary layer interaction on a flat plate in a high enthalpy flow. The flow was calculated by means of a finite-difference, time-marching solution. The results show that nonequilibrium effects can be important in the separated flow region, and that future applications should be aware of such effects. Keywords: Separated flow, Non-equilibrium, Shock-wave/boundary layer, Boundary layer interaction.

Shock wave-boundary-layer interaction (SBLI) is a fundamental phenomenon in gas dynamics that is observed in many practical situations, ranging from transonic aircraft wings to hypersonic vehicles and engines. SBLIs have the potential to pose serious problems in a flowfield; hence they often prove to be a critical - or even design limiting - issue for many aerospace applications. This is the first book devoted solely to a comprehensive, state-of-the-art explanation of this phenomenon. It includes a description of the basic fluid mechanics of SBLIs plus contributions from leading international experts who share their insight into their physics and the impact they have in practical flow situations. This book is for practitioners and graduate students in aerodynamics who wish to familiarize themselves with all aspects of SBLI flows. It is a valuable resource for specialists because it compiles experimental, computational and theoretical knowledge in one place.

Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in modern boundary-layer theory, this frequently cited work offers a self-contained treatment of theories for treating laminar and turbulent boundary layers of reacting gas mixtures. 1962 edition.

Significant contributions were made in a four-year interdisciplinary experimental, numerical and theoretical program to extend the state of knowledge and understanding of the effects of chemical reactions in hypervelocity flows. The program addressed the key problems in aerothermochemistry that arise from the interaction between the three strongly nonlinear effects: Compressibility; vorticity; and chemistry. Results included: (1) Discovery of dramatic damping effects of nonequilibrium vibration and chemistry on transition in hypervelocity flows; (2) Proper formulation of parameters for reacting blunt-body flows. (3) Effects of nonequilibrium chemistry in shock-on-shock interaction; (4) New experiments on, and correlation with theory of high-enthalpy flap-induced separation; (5) Computations of interaction of a shock wave with density interfaces and with compressible Hill's spherical vortex; (6) Extensive clarification of phenomena in supersonic shear flows using new diagnostic and computational tools; (7) New experiments and computations of hypervelocity double-one flow yielded insights into vibration-dissociation coupling; (8) First-principles computations of electron collision cross-sections with diatomic molecules and CO2; and (9) Development of new diagnostic technique LITA for accurate non-intrusive point measurement of gas properties.