The flow fields in supersonic/hypersonic inlets are currently being studied at NASA Lewis Research Center using 2- and 3-D full Navier-Stokes and Parabolized Navier-Stokes solvers. These tools have been used to analyze the flow through the McDonnell Douglas Option 2 inlet which has been tested at Calspan in support of the National Aerospace Plane Program. Comparisons between the computational and experimental results are presented. These comparisons lead to better overall understanding of the complex flows present in this class of inlets. The aspects of the flow field emphasized in this work are the 3-D effects, the transition from laminar to turbulent flow, and the strong nonuniformities generated within the inlet.


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    Title :

    Three dimensional viscous analysis of a hypersonic inlet


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1989 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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