Surface phenomena in a three-dimensional skewed shock wave/laminar boundary-layer interaction

Abstract

A parametric study of the three-dimensional skewed shock wave/laminar boundary-layer interaction has been performed at a Mach number of 2. 25. The data indicate a great similarity in the behavior of the laminar and turbulent interactions. In particular, they both exhibit a region of conical flow and satisfy similar upstream influence correlations. A study of the behavior of the flow with increasing shock strengths has led to the hypothesis of a gradual evolution of the flow structure.