Certain three-dimensional surfaces studied by Townend have the property that at every streamwise section a supersonic air stream is compressed isentropically in the form of a reversed Prandtl-Meyer flow. If all the compressions are centred on points lying on one straight line the flow is conical. Such a surface may be of use as an engine intake. In this paper an approximate boundary layer calculation for such a surfaoe is made for laminar flow with zero heat transfer in the conical case. It is found that under certain circumstances a useful amount of compression can be obtained before separation occurs (a pressure ratio of 6 for instance for an initial Mach number of 10). Limiting streamlines are drawn and displacement thickness calculated for a typical case, and the Mach number at separation is determined for a range of initial Mach numbers and angles of sweep. Instability due to sweep is considered.
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