ANSYS Fluent application for studying the influence of acoustic waves on a hypersonic shock layer over a flat plate

The flow in a hypersonic viscous shock layer on a flat plate, which is excited by acoustic waves, is numerically studied by using the ANSYS Fluent software package. Numerical results are compared with experimental data obtained in wind tunnels of the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The influence of vibrational degrees of freedom of gas molecules on the shock wave position and evolution of disturbances in the shock layer on a flat plate in the flow of air, carbon dioxide, or a mixture of these gases is studied.