Supersonic flow past a step downstream of longitudinal grooves

Supersonic flow past a step preceded by longitudinal grooves cut in the plane surface upstream of it is studied experimentally in the presence of a turbulent boundary layer. It is shown that the grooves affect both the shape and the size of the flow separation zone and generate longitudinal vortex cores in the latter.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 201–206, September–October, 1996.