An experimental investigation of the shock layer surrounding a sphere in supersonic flow

A method for obtaining analytic solutions to the problem of blunt bodies in the supersonic stream of an ideal gas is presented. The solutions are written in terms of power series whose coefficients are elementary functions. These solutions are approximate, but the approximation is rational, i.e. any higher approximation can, in principle, be obtained. Some of these higher approximations have been calculated. Examples are presented for various free-stream conditions and prescribed body shapes. These are compared with results from standard numerical procedure and with available experimental measurements.

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A new predictive model for determining solar wind‐terrestrial planet interactions

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1980

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A computational model has been developed for the determination of the gasdynamic and magnetic field properties of the solar wind flow around a magnetic planet, such as the earth, or a nonmagnetic planet, such as Venus. The procedures are based on an established single‐fluid, steady, dissipationless, magnetogasdynamic model and are appropriate for the calculation of axisymmetric, supersonic, super‐Alfvénic solar wind flow past a planetary magneto/ionosphere. Sample results are reported for a variety of solar wind and planetary conditions. Some of these are new applications; others are included to show that the new procedures produce the same results as previous procedures when applied to the same conditions. The new methods are completely automated and much more efficient and versatile than those employed heretofore.

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An experimental investigation of the shock layer surrounding a sphere in supersonic flow

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Unsteady two-dimensional subsonic transonic, and supersonic flow calculations by the method of characteristics

Unsteady two-dimensional subsonic transonic, and supersonic flow calculations by the method of characteristics

An analytic approach to the method of series truncation for the supersonic blunt body problem

A new predictive model for determining solar wind‐terrestrial planet interactions

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