John Company

AAWSAP DIRD, Detection and High-Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities, November 2010

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are described by the Rankine-Hugoniot equations, which yield the ratio of certain
thermodynamic properties.
Bow Shockwave
Region 1
Figure 4. Supersonic Flow Past a Wedge-Shaped Body.
Expansion Fans
Turbulent Wake
Detached Shock
Blunt Body
Figure 5. Supersonic Flow Past a Blunt Body (Spheroid).
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