The Flow past a Flat Plate accompanied with an Unsymmetric Dead Air at Mach Number 1

Abstract

The flow past a flat plate accompanied with an unsymmetric dead air, especially the flow past such a flat plate with a small angle of attack at Mach number 1, is investigated, using Imai’s WKB method. Comparing the results with those of Guderley and of Truitt, it is ascertained that these agree fairly well with each other. It may be concluded that the dead air model is useful for the study of the transonic flow.