Hypersonic Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layers

Hypersonic turbulent boundary layers are a fundamental phenomenon in high-speed flight. The interaction of shock waves with hypersonic turbulent boundary layers has a critical impact on vehicle aerothermodynamic loading including surface heat transfer, pressure and skin friction. This book provides a comprehensive exposition of hypersonic turbulent boundary layers, including the fundamental mathematical theory, structure of equilibrium boundary layers, and extensive surveys of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS), Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and experiments. It also provides a roadmap for both future experiments and DNS and LES simulations. Descriptions of hypersonic ground test facilities is included as an appendix. As a research and reference text, this book would appeal to graduate students and researchers in hypersonics and could be the basis for professional training courses.

Key Features

Provides a summary of the state-of-the-art of experimental knowledge of hypersonic turbulent boundary layers
Summarises the state-of-the-art of Direct Numerical and Large Eddy Simulation of hypersonic turbulent boundary layers
Provides a roadmap for future experimental and DNS and LES research in hypersonic turbulent boundary layers
Includes a brief summary of experimental hypersonic test facilities
Written by experts in the field

Author Biography

Doyle Knight is Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is the author of more than one hundred journal papers, over two hundred conference papers, and two books. His research in gas dynamics includes supersonic and hypersonic shock wave boundary layer interaction, turbulence model development, high-speed inlet unstart and effects of unsteady energy deposition in high-speed flows. His research activity in design optimization focuses on the application of computational fluid dynamics to the automated optimal design of high-speed air vehicles.

Nadia Kianvashrad is Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is the author of six journal papers and 20 conference papers. Her research interests include computational gas dynamics. Her research in computational gas dynamics includes laminar and turbulent shock wave boundary layer interaction in hypersonic flows, and energy deposition for flow and flight control in supersonic and hypersonic flows.