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2017

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Aerospace Engineering

Boundary layer

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A Numerical Study Of The Limiting Cases Of Cylinder-Induced Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interactions, Stefen Albert Lindorfer May 2017

A Numerical Study Of The Limiting Cases Of Cylinder-Induced Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interactions, Stefen Albert Lindorfer

Masters Theses

One of the limiting factors in the design of supersonic and hypersonic vehicles remains the prediction and control of the high aerodynamic, thermodynamic, acoustic, and structural loads generated by a shock wave/boundary layer interaction (SWBLI or SBLI). In conjunction with an experimental campaign produced within the research group, a numerical study was performed using a semi-infinite cylinder to generate a SWBLI at Mach 1.88 with both laminar and turbulent boundary layers. The goals were not only to better understand the complex flow surrounding the cylinder-induced turbulent interaction, but also to establish the interaction bounds of the limiting cases of a …