The effect of pressure gradients on transition zone length in hypersonic boundary layers

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-41

  Kimmel, R L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSITION ZONE LENGTH;

HEAT TRANSFER; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TRANSITION FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 0031095583     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2819115     Document Type: Article

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