@Article{Santos:2006:EfCoAe,
               author = "Santos, Wilson Fernando Nogueira",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais}",
                title = "Effects of compressibility on aerodynamic surface quantities over 
                         low-density hypersonic wedge flow",
              journal = "Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and 
                         Engineering",
                 year = "2006",
               volume = "28",
               number = "3",
                pages = "362--372",
                month = "Jul.-Sept.",
             keywords = "Rarefied flow, hypersonic flow, DSMC, blunt leading edge, 
                         stagnation point heatung.",
             abstract = "Hypersonic flow past truncated wedges at zero incidence in thermal 
                         non-equilibrium is investigated for a range of Mach number from 5 
                         to 12. The simulations were performed by using a Direct Simulation 
                         Monte Carlo (DSMC) Method. The study focuses the attention of 
                         designers of hypersonic configurations on the fundamental 
                         parameter of bluntness, which can have an important impact on even 
                         initial design. Some significant differences between sharp and 
                         blunt leading edges were noted on the heat transfer, pressure and 
                         skin friction coefficients as well as on total drag. Interesting 
                         features observed in the surface fluxes showed that small leading 
                         edge thickness compared to the freestream mean free path still has 
                         important effects on high Mach number leading edge flows. The 
                         numerical results present reasonable comparison for wall pressure 
                         and heat transfer predictions with experiments conducted in a 
                         shock tunnel.",
                 issn = "0100-7386",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "effects.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "08 maio 2024"
}