Direct problem and inverse problem for the supersonic plane flow past a curved wedge

In this paper, we consider the isentropic irrotational steady plane flow past a curved wedge. First, for a uniform supersonic oncoming flow, we study the direct problem: For a given curved wedge y = f(x), how to globally determine the corresponding shock y = g(x) and the solution behind the shock? Then, we solve the corresponding inverse problem: How to globally determine the curved wedge y = f(x) under the hypothesis that the position of the shock y = g(x) and the uniform supersonic oncoming flow are given? This kind of problems plays an important role in the aviation industry. Under suitable assumptions, we obtain the global existence and uniqueness for both problems. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global Existence of a Shock for the Supersonic Flow Past a Curved Wedge

This note is devoted to the study of the global existence of a shock wave for the supersonic flow past a curved wedge. When the curved wedge is a small perturbation of a straight wedge and the angle of the wedge is less than some critical value, we show that a shock attached at the wedge will exist globally.     

Falkner-Skan boundary layer flow of a power-law fluid past a stretching wedge

The steady two-dimensional laminar boundary layer flow of a power-law fluid past a permeable stretching wedge beneath a variable free stream is studied in this paper. Using appropriate similarity variables, the governing equations are reduced to a single third order highly nonlinear ordinary differential equation in the dimensionless stream function, which is solved numerically using the Runge-Kutta scheme coupled with a conventional shooting procedure. The flow is governed by the wedge velocity parameter λ, the transpiration parameter f₀, the fluid power-law index n, and the computed wall shear stress is f″(0). It is found that dual solutions exist for each value of f₀, m and n considered in λ − f″(0) parameter space. A stability analysis for this self-similar flow reveals that for each value of f₀, m and n, lower solution branches are unstable while upper solution branches are stable. Very good agreements are found between the results of the present paper and that of Weidman et al. [28] for n = 1 (Newtonian fluid) and m = 0 (Blasius problem [31]).     

Stability of transonic shock for supersonic flow past a wedge

When steady supersonic flow hits a slim wedge, there may appear an oblique transonic shock attached to the vertex of the wedge, if the downstream pressure is rather large. This paper studies stability in certain weighted partial Hölder spaces of the oblique transonic shock attached to the vertex of a wedge, which is against steady supersonic flows, under perturbations of the upstream flow and the profile of the wedge. We show that under reasonable conditions on the upcoming supersonic flow and the slope of the wedge, such transonic shocks are structural stable. Mathematically, we solve an elliptic–hyperbolic mixed type in an unbounded domain, and the flow field is proved to be C¹. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Interaction of elementary waves for equations of potential flow

Interaction of elementary waves for equations of unsteady potential flow in gas dynamics is considered. Under the assumptions on weakness of strength of the elementary waves the structure of solutions has been given in various cases of interaction of simple wave with shock, or interaction between simple waves or shocks. Hence the complete results on interaction of weak elementary waves for second-order equation of potential flow are obtained. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the State Education Commission of China.     

An inverse problem for supersonic flow past a curved wedge

This paper studies an inverse problem for supersonic potential flow past a curved wedge, in which we design a suitable curved wedge such that the shock produced by the curved wedge can be controlled to the given position. Under suitable conditions, by characteristic method, we prove the existence of the global classical solution to this inverse problem and develop an optimal decay rate on the given shock’s second order derivatives. We finally construct a specific wedge such that the shock generated by the wedge is a convex combined one.     

Asymptotic and numerical solutions of three‐dimensional boundary‐layer flow past a moving wedge

We consider a laminar boundary‐layer flow of a viscous and incompressible fluid past a moving wedge in which the wedge is moving either in the direction of the mainstream flow or opposite to it. The mainstream flows outside the boundary layer are approximated by a power of the distance from the leading boundary layer. The variable pressure gradient is imposed on the boundary layer so that the system admits similarity solutions. The model is described using 3‐dimensional boundary‐layer equations that contains 2 physical parameters: pressure gradient (β) and shear‐to‐strain‐rate ratio parameter (α). Two methods are used: a linear asymptotic analysis in the neighborhood of the edge of the boundary layer and the Keller‐box numerical method for the full nonlinear system. The results show that the flow field is divided into near‐field region (mainly dominated by viscous forces) and far‐field region (mainstream flows); the velocity profiles form through an interaction between 2 regions. Also, all simulations show that the subsequent dynamics involving overshoot and undershoot of the solutions for varying parameter characterizing 3‐dimensional flows. The pressure gradient (favorable) has a tendency of decreasing the boundary‐layer thickness in which the velocity profiles are benign. The wall shear stresses increase unboundedly for increasing α when the wedge is moving in the x‐direction, while the case is different when it is moving in the y‐direction. Further, both analysis show that 3‐dimensional boundary‐layer solutions exist in the range −1<α<∞. These are some interesting results linked to an important class of boundary‐layer flows.     

Steady supersonic flow past a curved cone

This paper studies the steady supersonic flow past a Lipschitz curved cone. Under the assumptions that the cone has an opening angle less than a critical value and has sufficiently small total variation of the tangent of the perturbation and that the Mach number of incoming flow is sufficiently large, the global weak solution is constructed via Glimm scheme for 1<γ<3.     

Study of the stability in the problem on flowing around a wedge. The case of strong wave

We consider the flow of an inviscid nonheatconducting gas in the thermodynamical equilibrium state around a plane infinite wedge and study the stationary solution to this problem, the so-called strong shock wave; the flow behind the shock front is subsonic.We find a solution to a mixed problem for a linear analog of the initial problem, prove that the solution trace on the shock wave is the superposition of direct and reflected waves, and, the main point, justify the Lyapunov asymptotical stability of the strong shock wave provided that the angle at the wedge vertex is small, the uniform Lopatinsky condition is fulfilled, the initial data have a compact support, and the solvability conditions take place if needed (their number depends on the class in which the generalized solution is found).     

Stability of transonic shocks for the full Euler system in supersonic flow past a wedge

We study the stability of transonic shocks in steady supersonic flow past a wedge. It is known that in generic case such a problem admits two possible locations of the shock front, connecting the flow ahead of it and behind it. They can be distinguished as supersonic–supersonic shock and supersonic–subsonic shock (or transonic shock). Both these possible shocks satisfy the Rankine–Hugoniot conditions and the entropy condition. We prove that the transonic shock is conditionally stable under perturbation of the upstream flow or perturbation of wedge boundary. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical study of the transverse supersonic flow of a diatomic rarefied gas past a plate

The two-dimensional supersonic rarefied gas flow past an infinite plate placed normally to the flow is analyzed. The gas possesses rotational degrees of freedom. The problem is stated for a model kinetic equation and is solved by applying a second-order accurate implicit conservative finite-difference method. The gas parameters correspond to nitrogen. The results are compared with those obtained for a monatomic gas. The influence exerted by the rotational degrees of freedom and the boundary conditions at the plate’s surface on the aerodynamic characteristics of the plate and the flow pattern is illustrated.     

Numerical study of the interaction between shocks and rarefaction waves in an ideal gas

The interaction between shock waves and rarefaction waves is numerically studied using the one-dimensional Euler equations for an ideal gas. A specific form of solutions, which are called contact regions, is detected. They represent extended zones with continuously varying density and temperature at constant pressure and velocity. It is shown that, at long times, the solutions to the interaction problem tend to those to the Riemann problems with the contact discontinuity replaced by a contact region.     

Stability of transonic shocks in supersonic flow past a wedge

In this paper we study the stability of transonic shocks in steady supersonic flow past a wedge. We take the potential flow equation as the mathematical model to describe the compressible flow. It is known that in generic case such a problem admits two possible location of shock, connecting the flow ahead it and behind it. They can be distinguished as supersonic-supersonic shock and supersonic-subsonic shock (or transonic shock). Both these possible shocks satisfy the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions and entropy condition. In this paper we prove that the transonic shock is also stable under perturbation of the coming flow provided the pressure at infinity is well controlled.     

具有H_2引燃的CH_4、煤油超声速混合的三维数值研究

用双流体模型和分区算法 ,气相多组分N_S方程和液相Euler方程分别用迎风TVD格式和NND格式进行数值求解 ,相间相互作用项方程用二阶Runge_Kutta法求解·　并首次对H2 引燃的CH4 和煤油横向喷射、混合问题进行了数值研究·　结果表明 :与喷射加碘空气的PLIF结果相比 ,本文和实验结果符合得很好·　对直通道 ,后面喷嘴的穿透深度大 ,煤油较气态燃料的穿透深度大 ,但难以被卷吸到喷嘴前的回流区内 ,流场出现无煤油区·　H2 和CH4 均可扩散到回流区内 ,CH4 和煤油引燃机理不同·　对后台阶直通道 ,存在两个回流区 ,H2 可扩散到这两个回流区 ,但CH4 只能被卷吸到其喷嘴前的回流区·　后台阶直通道增强混合的效果和引燃点火的可靠性更好     

Expansion of a wedge of non-ideal gas into vacuum

We study the problem of expansion of a wedge of non-ideal gas into vacuum in a two-dimensional bounded domain. The non-ideal gas is characterized by a van der Waals type equation of state. The problem is modeled by standard Euler equations of compressible flow, which are simplified by a transformation to similarity variables and then to hodograph transformation to arrive at a second order quasilinear partial differential equation in phase space; this, using Riemann variants, can be expressed as a non-homogeneous linearly degenerate system provided that the flow is supersonic. For the solution of the governing system, we study the interaction of two-dimensional planar rarefaction waves, which is a two-dimensional Riemann problem with piecewise constant data in the self-similar plane. The real gas effects, which significantly influence the flow regions and boundaries and which do not show-up in the ideal gas model, are elucidated; this aspect of the problem has not been considered until now.     

菱形口射流与超音主流的相互作用

基于在不同射流角(10°, 27.5°, 45°, 90°)和射流总压(0.1 MPa, 0.46 MPa)下,对音速次膨胀射流通过菱形口喷射到马赫5横穿主流的实验及圆形射流器的对比实验,研究了次膨胀射流与超音横穿主流相互作用流场, 实验包括横截面流场的Pitot和锥静压力, 获得横截面马赫数、 压力分布．结果表明近壁面低马赫数半圆区为尾区,尾区附近边界层减薄．脱体激波高度向自由流扩展,激波形状更弯曲, 低马赫数区较大．高射流压力和射流角增加羽流涡度,激波位置较高．90°菱形和圆形喷射器有更强的羽流涡度,但圆形喷射器的低马赫数区较小．前沿渐细的变壁面的斜面物增加羽流涡度,反之,双变壁面的斜面物减弱羽流涡度．通过表面激波形状、中心平面激波及横截面激波模化三维激波形状,激波总压损失用正激波关系式通过马赫数法向分量估计．激波总压损失随射流角和动压比的减小而减小,最大损失发生在90°圆形和菱形喷射器．     

一种计算超声速流中由湍流剪切层脉动引起的激波振荡频率的方法

在超声速或高超声速绕流中,一种很严重的脉动压力环境是由激波边界层相互作用引起的激波振荡.这种高强度的振荡激波可能诱发结构共振.因这一现象非常复杂,已发表的文章都采用经验或半经验方法.本文首次从基本流体动力学方程出发,给出了由湍流剪切层引起的激波振荡频率的理论解,得到了振荡频率随气流Mach数M_∞和压缩折转角θ的变化规律,计算结果与实验值是相符的.本文为激波振荡导致的气动弹性问题提供了一种有价值的理论方法.     

Analytic Study of Magnetohydrodynamic Flow and Boundary Layer Control Over a Wedge

A genuine variational principle developed by Gyarmati, in the field of thermodynamics of irreversible processes unifying the theoretical requirements of technical, environmental and biological sciences is employed to study the effects of uniform suction and injection on MHD flow adjacent to an isothermal wedge with pressure gradient in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. The velocity distribution inside the boundary layer has been considered as a simple polynomial function and the variational principle is formulated. The Euler-Lagrange equation is reduced to a simple polynomial equation in terms of momentum boundary layer thickness. The velocity profiles, displacement thickness and the coefficient of skin friction are calculated for various values of wedge angle parameter m, magnetic parameter ξ and suction/injection parameter H. The present results are compared with known available results and the comparison is found to be satisfactory. The present study establishes high accuracy of results obtained by this variational technique.     

二维超音速边界层中三波共振和二次失稳机制的数值模拟研究

通过直接数值模拟的方法,探讨在超音速边界层的转捩问题中,是否存在和不可压缩流情况相似的产生亚谐波的机制．结果表明,三波共振和二次失稳这两种机制都存在．讨论了这两种机制在层流至湍流的转捩中的重要性是否的确很大的问题．     

绝热流Chaplygin气体的Riemann问题

本文研究了绝热流Chaplygin气体动力学方程组,利用特征分析方法,在得到所有基本波的基础上,构造出Riemann问题的所有解.Riemann解由前向疏散波(激波)、后向疏散波(激波)、接触间断以及δ波构成.