... schemes as basic flow models for stability and transition prediction in hypersonic flows. Moreover, indications are that high-order compact methods used for basic-flow computations are sensitive to the grid size and especially the numerical dissipation terms, and therefore, more careful attention must...

...J.-S. Wu, Assistant Professor,; K.-C. Tseng, Graduate Student This paper describes the analysis of the near-continuum hypersonic flow over a compression ramp using the two-dimensional parallel direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. Unstructured and triangular solution-based adaptive mesh...