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Further experiments on transition to Mach reflexion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

L. F. Henderson  and
A. Lozzi
L. F. Henderson
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
A. Lozzi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Abstract

Our 1975 paper reported the results of experiments on shock reflexion in a wind tunnel and a shock tube; further results are presented here. For strong shocks it is shown that transition to Mach reflexion takes place continuously at the shock wave incidence angle ω0 corresponding to the normal shock point ω0 = ωN, unless the downstream boundaries form a throat. In this event transition can be promoted anywhere within the range ω0 [les ] ωN, and it is even possible to suppress regular reflexion altogether! However when ω0 < ωN the transition is discontinuous and accompanied by hysteresis. Again for strong shocks evidence is presented which suggests that the famous persistence of regular reflexion beyond the ωN point ω0 > ωN is spurious. For weak shocks the transition condition is not known but it is found that even for regular reflexion a marked discrepancy between theory and experiment develops as the shocks become progressively weaker. Also when weak shocks diffract over single concave corners there is a somewhat surprising discontinuity in the regular reflexion range. It seems that none of these phenomena can be adequately explained by real gas effects such as viscosity and variation of specific heats.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 94 , Issue 3 , 16 October 1979 , pp. 541 - 559
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© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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