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Establishment of the Bow-Wave in the Supersonic Flow of Carbon Dioxide Past a Sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

H. K. Zienkiewicz  and
I. D. Malloch
H. K. Zienkiewicz
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
I. D. Malloch
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, University of Manchester
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Summary

An experimental study of bow-wave trajectories for a sphere in CO2 has been made in a shock tube, using a drum-camera-schlieren technique, for incident shock Mach numbers of 2·4, 2·8 and 4·0. Results show that vibrational relaxation has only a slight effect on the bow-wave formation time but significantly affects the stand-off distance in steady flow.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 51 - 58
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1968

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