This paper presents a mixed spectral/fiite volume method for compressible viscous flows. The method is evaluated for accuracy and robustness via test cases for various Mach numbers. The domain is divided into a viscous region and an inviscid region. The viscous region uses the full Navier-Stokes equations, while the inviscid region employs the Euler equations. A high order Chebyshev collocation spectral method is developed for the viscous region to resolve boundary layers. This method avoids the dense grids needed by finitevolume methods to resolve the viscous areas. A low order finite-volume method based on a Lax-Wendroff type scheme is employed for the inviscid region. A special interface formulation is developed for coupling the spectral with the finite-volume method. Comparisons with analytic results as well as convergence histories are presented.
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