Analytical Prediction of Heat Transfer and Skin Friction in 3D Transitional Hypersonic Flows over Blunt Bodies.

The three-dimensional hypersonic rarefied gas flow over blunt bodies in the transitional flow regime is studied. The 3D thin viscous shock layer equations are solved by the asymptotic method developed for low Re numbers. The simple analytical solution is obtained for heat transfer and skin friction coefficients as functions of flow parameters and body geometry parameters. The values of these coefficients approach their values in the free molecular flow at unit accommodation coefficient as Reynolds number tends to zero. Comparison with DSMC solutions is carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]