The Dayton/Cincinnati Section offers a presentation that showcases a study investigating the flow structure in the vicinity of discontinuities at the surface of a high-speed air vehicle, with the effect of gaps and steps on aerodynamic heating of particular interest. Laura Holifield works as a researcher at the Air Force Institute of Technology, employed via the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. She works within AFRL in the High Speed Systems Division, Fundamental Research Branch (AFRL/RQHF), with a research focus on hypersonic aerodynamics
