Research Article

DSMC Simulation and Experimental Validation of Shock Interaction in Hypersonic Low Density Flow

Table 6

Comparisons of calculations .

RunKn The scale of interaction region
(error in compared with measured data %)
Peak value of the Stanton number
(error in compared with measured data %)
HSVHSVSSHSVHSVSS

33 46.7 73.453.4190 209245
36 24 704378 92.878
26 24 663842 85.748.5
32 0 59315.257.847.4
38 6.8 72.431.045.268.442.1