Development of prediction method for transonic shock induced separated flow

In the present study it has been demonstrated that a finite difference technique for viscous-inviscid interaction, previously developed and demonstrated by the author for subsonic turbulent separated flows, is applicable to the problem of transonic shock induced separated flow. Converged solutions have been obtained and favorable comparisons with experimental data show that this method is capable of resolving the detailed features of this strongly interacting flow. These interaction calculations are aided by the use of a new shear layer coordinate system which is aligned with an estimated position of the shear layer in the large separated region.