Abstract: Numerical method for stability analysis and transition prediction for supersonic flow around a blunt cone is investigated. In order to meet the required accuracy of the numerical values in the basal flow field, the result of the flow field is obtained by solving Euler equations where the pressure attribution on the surface of the cone is used as the outer edge pressure attribution of the viscous boundary layer. The Rayleigh inverse-iteration method and boundary layer asymptotic expansion method are used to solve the blunt cone boundary layer stability equation to get reliable boundary layer transition data. This method improves the numerical precision, and saves the computation time. It is also useful for stability analysis of blunt cone supersonic flow.

Key words: blunt cone, Rayleigh iteration, stability, transition