Download or read book Use of a Characteristic Surfaces for Unsymmetrical Supersonic Flow Problems written by Wolfgang E. Moeckel and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Application of the method of characteristics to the linearized three-dimensional equation results in a relatively simple system of difference equations that can be used to compute the supersonic flow past boundaries for which no other linearized solutions are available.