Book Description

Contents: A survey of higher-order boundary-layer theory; Finite difference solution of the first-order boundary-layer equations; Laminar boundary-layer calculations on bodies of revolution in hypersonic flow; Solution of the viscous shock-layer equations for a binary mixture; Viscous shock-layer problem for the stagnation point of a blunt body; Chemically reacting boundary layer effects for the agard engineering applications body and flow conditions; Computation of higher-order boundary-layer effects with a first-order treatment and comparison with experimental data; Higher-order boundary-layer effects for the agard engineering applications body and flow conditions; The hypersonic viscous shock-layer problem; Numerical methods for nonreacting and chemically reacting laminar flows - tests and comparisons.