Conical similarity of shock/boundary-layer interactions generated byswept and unswept fins

A parametric experimental investigation has been made of the class of three-dimensional shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions generated by swept and unswept leading-edge fins. The fin sweepback angles were 0-65 deg at 5, 9, and 15 deg angles of attack. Two equilibrium two-dimensional turbulent boundary layers with a freestream Mach number of 2.95 and a Reynolds number of 6.3 x 10 to the 7th/m were used as incoming flow conditions. All of the resulting interactions were found to possess conical symmetry of the surface flow patterns and pressures outside of an initial inception zone. Further, these interactions were found to obey a simple conical similarity rule based on inviscid shock wave strength, irrespective of fin sweepback or angle of attack. This is one of the first demonstrations of similarity among three-dimensional interactions produced by geometrically dissimilar shock generators.

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