| Abstract: | The method of integral relations is used to calculate the basic flow parameters behind sharp and blunted cones. Similar investigations have been carried out in many papers, for example, 1–3]. In contrast to the assumptions made in other computational methods, the present paper includes the vorticity of the flow off the rear edge of the body, and the inviscid free flow is calculated by the method of characteristics with separation of the attached compressive shocks into an edge and a trailing shock. In the general case the wall ahead of the base is assumed to be heat conducting. Calculated results are given for a wide range of the parameters governing the problem. It is shown that the vorticity of the flow off the rear edge has a considerable effect on the base pressure. The agreement between the calculated results and the available experimental data is satisfactory.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 122–130, March–April, 1976. |
