Hypersonic flow testing is a critical area of research ... The study found that unsteady expansions and secondary shock interactions play a critical role in determining the flow characteristics ...

One significant area of study involves the unsteady behavior of shock wave and boundary layer interactions in hypersonic flows. For instance, a recent investigation into double-wedge flows ...

UDRI performs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic flows in order to better guide the design process. CFD allows iteration and flexibility within a given design space, thus ...

He joined the faculty at CWRU in January 2020, where he studies turbulent and unsteady flows across a wide range of Mach numbers, from incompressible to hypersonic. His focus is on understanding the ...

However, many things happen very quickly in hypersonic flows, and so the speed of reaction often matters. For example, suppose that the air behind a strong shock is very hot and travelling at 1 km/s.

In order to push flight technology beyond the supersonic regime, fundamental research on viscous hypersonic flow will be essential. It is widely recognized that this research must have both a strong ...

It also doesn’t help that these blades need to work in the truly hellish environment of hypersonic air flow, and there aren’t many materials in existence that are up to the task. Luckily ...

The presence of free electrons in the flow field has been known to hinder the transmission and reception of radio-waves. Historically, this communications problem has been of subsidiary concern in ...

In the numerical analysis and detailed prediction of the predominantly unsteady flows, we use powerful flow solvers ... for supersonic and hypersonic flows up to Mach 7. In Europe, these facilities ...

The test facilities and aircraft operated by the institute and those used externally cover a wide range of flow conditions - from low speeds (ground traffic) to high speeds (supersonic and hypersonic ...