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Two-dimensional shock tube flow for dense gases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 1997

B. P. BROWN
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
B. M. ARGROW
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

Abstract

Non-stationary oblique shock wave reflections for fluids in the dense gas regime are examined for selected cases. A time-accurate predictor-corrector TVD scheme with reflective boundary conditions for solving the Euler equations simulates the evolution of a wave field for an inviscid van der Waals gas near the thermodynamic critical point. The simulated cases involve shock tube flows with compressive wedges and circular arcs. Non-classical phenomena, such as disintegrating shocks, expansion shocks, composite waves, etc., demonstrate significant differences from perfect gas flow fields over similar geometries. Detailed displays of wave field structures and thermodynamic states for the dense gas flow fields are presented and analysed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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