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The Supersonic Flow Field Associated with a Conical Flame Sheet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. F. Clarke and
D. G. Petty
J. F. Clarke
Affiliation:
Cranfield Institute of Technology
D. G. Petty
Affiliation:
Cranfield Institute of Technology
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Summary

It is shown that a pair of supersonic inviscid conical flow fields can exist on either side of a conical deflagration wave. The configuration is relevant to the base flow question and indicates how base drag may be alleviated by burning. Results of exact computations are presented as well as those derived from a slender-body theory.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , November 1970, pp. 368 - 378
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1970

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