The Confluence of Three Shock Waves in Three-Dimensional Flow
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Aeronautical Quarterly
- Vol. 29 (1) , 18-27
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001925900008271
Abstract
Summary This paper presents a theoretical study of the confluence of three shock waves in three-dimensional flow. A suitable transformation reduces the problem to that of a planar confluence point for which the theory already exists. Expressions relating the two flows are developed and successfully applied to an experimentally observed intersection. It is found that the three-dimensional flow can have an entirely supersonic downstream flow, unlike its two-dimensional counterpart, and that the flows in the two downstream regions need not be parallel.Keywords
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