**Numerical Study of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Receptivity Characteristics Due to Freestream Pulse Waves** Numerical Study of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Receptivity Characteristics Due to Freestream Pulse

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.70660

Xiaojun Tang, Juan Yu, Tianli Hui, Fenglong Yang and Wentao Yu Xiaojun Tang, Juan Yu, Tianli Hui,

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter Fenglong Yang and Wentao Yu

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70660 Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

#### Abstract

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A finite difference method is used to do direct numerical simulation (DNS) of hypersonic unsteady flowfield under the action of freestream pulse wave. The response of the hypersonic flowfield to freestream pulse wave is studied, and the generation and evolution characteristics of the boundary layer disturbance waves are discussed. The effects of the pulse wave types on the disturbance mode in the boundary layer are investigated. Results show that the freestream disturbance waves significantly change the shock standoff distance, the distribution of flowfield parameters and the thermodynamic state of boundary layer. In the nose area, the main disturbance modes in the boundary layer are distributed near the fundamental mode. With the evolution of disturbance along with streamwise, the main disturbance modes are transformed from the dominant state of the fundamental mode to the collective leadership state of the second order and the third order harmonic frequency. The intensity of bow shock has significant effects on both the fundamental mode and the harmonic modes in each order. The strong shear structure of boundary layer under different types of freestream pulse waves reveals different stability characteristics. The effects of different types of freestream pulse waves are significant on the distribution and evolution of disturbance modes. The narrowing of frequency band and the decreasing of main disturbance mode clusters exist in the boundary layer both for fast acoustic wave, slow acoustic wave and entropy wave.

Keywords: hypersonic flow, boundary layer, receptivity, pulse wave, numerical simulation
