| Abstract: | The impact of passage rotation on the gasdynamic wave processes is analyzed through a numerical simulation of ideal shock-tube flow in a closed rotating-channel containing a gas in an initial state of homentropic solid-body rotation. Relevant parameters of the problem such as wheel Mach number, hub-to-tip radius ratio, length-to-tip radius ratio, diaphragm temperature ratio, and diaphragm pressure ratio are varied. It is shown that for a fixed geometry and initial conditions, the contact interface acquires a distorted three-dimensional time-dependent orientation at non-zero wheel Mach numbers. At a fixed wheel Mach number, the level of distortion depends primarily on the density ratio across the interface and also the hub-to-tip radius ratio. The nature of the rarefaction and shock wave propagation is one-dimensional, although the acoustic waves are diffracted due to the radially varying propagation speed. Under conditions of initially homentropic solid-body rotation, a degree of similarity exists between rotating and stationary shock-tube flows. This similarity is exploited to arrive at an approximate analytical solution to the Riemann problem in a rotating shock-tube. |
