26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-3.8.3

LAMINAR-TURBULENT TRANSITION CORRELATION IN SUPERSONIC/ HYPERSONIC FLOW – ATTACHED VERSUS SEPARATED FLOW

G. A. Simeonides
Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Greece

Keywords: transition, supersonic, hypersonic, flat plate, cone, bluntness, separation

Further to the successful correlation of a significant number of flat plate, cone and actual vehicle configuration, supersonic and hypersonic attached flow transition data, the well observed phenomenon of transition promotion by shock wave boundary layer interactions is put into scrutiny, relative to the previously established attached flow transition correlations.

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