Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Receptivity over a Blunt Cone to Freestream Pulse Disturbances

What is it about?

The laminar-to-turbulent transition of hypersonic flows is strongly affected by the initial disturbances the flow is subjected to. Many prior computational studies utilize disturbance models that don't adequately represent the characteristics of environmental noise found in experimental and flight conditions. We attempt to improve on these models through using a wide variety of freestream pulse disturbances.

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