Three-Dimensional Shock Wave Turbulent Boundary Layer Interactions. A Preliminary Analysis of Blunted Fin-Induced Flows.

An extensive experimental investigation has been made of three-dimensional blunted fin-induced shock wave turbulent boundary layer interactions. Surface pressures, heat transfer rate distributions and oil streak patterns were obtained over a range of fin bluntnesses and incidences for two different incoming boundary layers. These incoming boundary layers had mean thicknesses in the ratio of approximately 4:1. Preliminary analysis of these data indicates that, over a large region of the interaction, the property distributions collapse using purely geometric parameters. In contrast to its two-dimensional counterpart, which is a highly Reynolds number dependent viscous phenomenon, the present results seem to indicate that the three-dimensional case is primarily inviscid.