The propagation of steady disturbances in a supersonic stream bounded on one side by a parallel subsonic stream
- 1 July 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Vol. 44 (3) , 380-390
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100024385
Abstract
The problem of the propagation of steady disturbance in a semi-infinite supersonic stream moving parallel to and bounded on one side by a subsonic stream is discussed and the complete solution obtained for any assumed form of incident disturbance. It is shown that a local initial disturbance generally produces a reflected wave extending to infinity both upstream and downstream of the initial disturbance. A (positive) pressure pulse as an incident wave produces pressure upstream and rarefaction downstream and the magnitude of the effects is calculated in a particular case. Conditions along the axis of symmetry are calculated for the subsonic region in this case.Keywords
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