THE STREAMSURFACE CHARACTERISTICS METHOD FOR SUPERSONIC FLOW, WITH APPLICATION TO SUPERSONIC COMPRESSORS

摘要

The characteristics method has been developed for the analysis of supersonic flows along a curved surface S of general but given shape and with a given distance A to an infinitesimally adjacent stress-surface. The resulting compatibility equations have a simple form and from then the equations for all possible applications of the two-dimen¬sional characteristics method to the analysis of isentropic supersonic flows can be derived.