Hypersonic boundary layer transition is a hot yet challenging problem restricting the
development and breakthrough of hypersonic aerodynamics. In recent years, despite great …

THERMAL management systems are an important consideration in modern aerospace
engineering. Managing the maximum heat load at the fluid–solid interface is necessary in …

This study investigates a novel method to control hypersonic boundary layer transition using
a combined local cooling and local metasurface treatment. The method's effectiveness was …

Unsteady surface pressure measurements have been carried out on a flat-plate test article in
the Air Force Research Laboratory's Mach-6 Ludwieg Tube at a negative angle of attack …

Hypersonic boundary-layer stability has significant importance in vehicle design and
successful operation. This paper investigates the stabilization effects of local wall cooling on …

Boundary layer transition has always been a frontier in the field of fluid mechanics, and
hypersonic boundary layer stability experiments can help reveal the physical mechanisms …

This paper presents an experimental study of the effect of wall cooling on the boundary-layer
structures of a sharp-nosed, 5° half-angle cone in Mach 6 flow. An experimental …

The influences of the forward-facing step (FFS) and backward-facing step (BFS) on the 7 half-
angle conical boundary layer instability and transition are investigated at different angles-of …

Transition in a Mach 6 flared cone boundary layer over a heated wall has been investigated
in the Mach 6 wind tunnel at Peking University using visualization, focused laser differential …

Focused laser differential interferometry (FLDI), first introduced in the 1970s, has developed
into a powerful tool for the analysis of turbulent dynamics and fluctuations in fluid flows …