Pressure gradient effects on wake-flow instabilities behind isolated roughness elements on re-entry capsules
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DOI: 10.1177/0954410019844067
Abstract: Laminar-turbulent transition caused by modal disturbance growth in the wake flow of isolated roughness elements on blunt re-entry capsules is studied numerically at typical cold hypersonic wind-tunnel conditions. Two fundamentally different heat shield shapes are… read more here.
Keywords: wake flow; pressure gradient; isolated roughness; pressure ... See more keywords