NACA-TN-2200

Abstract

An attempt is made to develop a second approximation to the solution of problems of supersonic flow which can be solved by existing first-order theory. The method of attack adopted is an iteration process using the linearized solution as the first step. <br>For plane flow it is found that a particular solution of the iteration equation can be written down at once in terms of the first-order solution. The second-order problem is thereby reduced to an equivalent first-order, problem and can be readily solved. At the surface of a single body, the solution reduces to the well-known result of Busemann. The plane case is considered in some detail insofar as it gives insight into the nature of the iteration process.