Changes in the type of the shock-wave structure in high-velocity flows

G. A. Tarnavskii

Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk

Abstract: Physical aspects of nonuniqueness of shock-wave structures in supersonic and hypersonic flows are considered. Thermodynamic conditions determining the dual solution domains are analyzed, and the boundaries of the transition from Mach to regular reflection are examined.

Keywords: mathematical simulation, gas dynamics, solution nonuniqueness, shock waves, Mach and regular reflection.

UDC: 518.5:533.6

Received: 04.03.2004

 English version: Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 2005, 46:2, 168–175

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