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Further Properties of the Wave Charts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

W. A. Woods*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Liverpool

Extract

In a previous paper charts were given which related the flow Mach numbers on either side of a wave to a dimensionless wave speed. Charts were given for shock waves, isentropic expansion waves and isentropic non-steep pressure waves in a perfect gas. In this note it is shown that the lines of constant state ratio plotted on the charts constitute families of straight lines; this fact is particularly important in the case of the shock wave chart. The wave domains are also established and compared diagrammatically.

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1962

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References

1.Woods, W. A. (1962). Flow Fields Connected by Moving Waves. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, May 1962.Google Scholar
2.Shapiro, A. H. (1953). The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Vol. 1, Chapter 5. The Ronald Press Co., New York, 1953.Google Scholar