Analytical solution to the steady Navier-Stokes equation for a
supersonic cone in the area of boundary layer behind the shock wave by
means tunnel mathematics
Abstract
The means of tunnel mathematics (the theory of functions of spatial
complex variable) allow to find an analytical solution for problem of
supersonic flow around a cone in the area of boundary layer and beyond.
The peculiar feature of Navier-Stokes equations is that they allow to
determine analytical velocity fields of fluids only for small number of
simple problems. Of course, the problem of supersonic motion of fluid
around a cone is not included in this number. Tunnel mathematics is a
method for finding analytical vector velocity fields for steady flows of
fluids with axial symmetry. The Navier-Stokes equations themselves are
then used to determine pressure and temperature distributions. The main
theorem of tunnel mathematics allows to find these distributions for
planes z = const (it is similar to the constructing of slices of
brain at MRI procedure). Further, collecting these “slices”, we can
obtain full space distributions of pressure and temperature around a
supersonic cone. At this stage of investigations, the conclusions
obtained by means tunnel mathematics make it possible to qualitatively
judge the thickness of boundary layer on the cone surface, the shape of
the shock wave and weather the shock wave intersects the boundary layer
or not. First of all, we focused on ensuring that resulting solutions
corresponded to the physical pattern of phenomena. No doubt, solutions
obtained by means tunnel mathematics must be confirmed experimentally.