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The development of weak waves in the steady two-dimensional flow of a gas with vibrational relaxation past a thin wedge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. P. Hornby  and
N. H. Johannesen
R. P. Hornby
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester, England Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Liverpool.
N. H. Johannesen
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester, England
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Abstract

The method of characteristics is used to calculate the supersonic flow past a wedge of small angle with non-equilibrium effects. The wave decay and development distances are presented in a concise similarity form which permits accurate extrapolation to very weak waves. The numerical solutions are compared with shock-tube flows of CO2 and N2O.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , 13 May 1975 , pp. 109 - 128
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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