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A new spatial-related mechanism is proposed to understand separation hysteresis processes in curved compression ramp (CCR) flows discovered recently (Hu et al. Phy. Fluid, 32(11): 113601, 2020). Two separation hystereses, induced by…
This paper reports the bistability of curved compression ramp (CCR) flows. It reveals that both separation and attachment states can be stably established even for the same boundary conditions. Firstly, to investigate the effects of initial…
This paper investigates the bistability of curved compression ramp (CCR) flows. It reports that both separated and attached states can be stably established even for the same boundary conditions, revealing that the ultimate stable states of…
The hypersonic flow stability over a two-dimensional compression corner is studied using resolvent analysis, linear stability theory (LST) and parabolised stability equation (PSE). The authors find that the interaction between upstream…
Here, we provide a theoretical framework revealing that a steady compression ramp flow must have the minimal dissipation of kinetic energy, and can be demonstrated using the least action principle. For a given inflow Mach number $M_{0}$ and…
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