Recent Advances in Real Gas Effects in Hypersonic Flow

The author studied engineering _ science at Harvard University ^ t f t f f lH^ where he received an A.B. in 1946 J ^ B I ^ ^ J L and a Ph.D. in 1949. His thesis flB V | was on an experimental measureI p l l llfcll ment of vibrational relaxation ISfl l ^iTW times in gases. In 1950 he joined ^ ' * 8 U H Wr the shock wave laboratory of the ^ n H E ' ^^i^mi^tJt Physics Department at Princeton ^SK^SJ^L I I L Z ^ ^ 1 ^ University where he continued his l l l l ^ j l H H k ^ research on physical problems in ' l l L ^ ^ • I H H B L gas dynamics. In 1951 he was ^ B « . / | ^ ^ H | | | H u appointed assistant professor of physics; later, associate professor. The subjects on which he has worked extensively include transonic flow, thermal boundary layers, shock structure, chemical kinetics, diffraction of blast waves, and supersonic flow. As one of the editors of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, he has an intimate and up-to-date knowledge of the problem on which he writes. Dr. Griffith is currently manager of the Flight Sciences Division in the Missile Systems Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.