Computation of Three-Dimensional Flows with Shock-Wave—Turbulent-Boundary-Layer Interaction

Three-dimensional flows with shock-wave—turbulent-boundary-layer interaction represent a class of complex fluid-dynamics problems of practical significance. In many cases the understanding and prediction of these flow fields are essential to the successful design of high-speed aircraft or entry vehicles. Detailed computations of these flow fields are now feasible with the advent of large and fast vectorized computers and efficient numerical algorithms. However, before computational fluid dynamics can be used in the aerodynamic design process, the computer codes and their associated turbulence models must be evaluated for these complex flow fields.