A Kinetic Study of Hypersonic Boundary Layer Second Mack Mode Instabilities

Mert Senkardesler, Irmak T. Karpuzcu, Deborah A. Levin +1

A flat-plate laminar boundary layer is simulated at a free stream Mach number of 6 and unit Reynolds number $R{e}_1\sim 1.18\times 10^7$ m${}^{-1}$ using the Direct Simulation Monte C…