Eugene S. Love, Ronald H. Long
naca-tn-4167
Oct 1957
A method is presented for the rapid prediction of the shape of attached shocks emanating from smoothly contoured axisymmetric and two-dimensional nose shapes. From a practical viewpoint the accuracy of the method is comparable to that of the method of characteristics.
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