Condensation shocks in nozzle flows
- 14 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 76 (03) , 593-621
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112076000797
Abstract
Supersonic nozzle flows of a condensable vapour are considered in the high activation limit for homogeneous nucleation. Conditions are determined under which the final collapse of the supersaturated state is described by a condensation shock. It is shown that the shock zone is associated with droplet growth: droplet production occurs in a thin layer upstream of the growth region. Some new scaling laws are obtained for the structure of the production layer.Keywords
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