The effect of water droplets on the relaxation zone developed behind strong normal shock waves
Abstract
The propagation of strong normal shock waves into quiescent argon gas seeded with water droplets is studied. For evaluating the effect of the water droplets on the postshock-wave flow field (i.e., the relaxation zone), the conservation equations appropriate to a steady one-dimensional suspension flow are formulated and solved numerically. The solution, carried out for shock Mach numbers from 13 to 17 and a few different values for the water droplet concentration, indicates that the presence of the water droplets has a significant effect on the extent of the relaxation zone and on the values obtained for the flow properties throughout this zone.
- Publication:
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ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ATJFE.106..154R
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Drops (Liquids);
- Normal Shock Waves;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Two Phase Flow;
- Argon;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Shock Wave Profiles;
- Water;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer