Abstract: | The possibility of mixing enhancement when a design-condition cocurrent jet passes through a stationary oblique shock is investigated. In [4] the effect of such a shock on the mixing layer of flows with Mach numbers M = 3 and 5 was experimentally investigated and it was shown that behind the shock no turbulence is generated. However, irrespective of its effect on the turbulence characteristics, an oblique shock causes deformation of the jet, modifying its dimensions, and in the three-dimensional case the shape of the cross section. The effect of this deformation on mixing, which is shown to be fairly significant, has been investigated theoretically using a numerical method. An approximate relation describing the variation of the maximum admixture concentration in the jet behind the shock is proposed.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.2, pp. 61–68, March–April, 1992.The authors are grateful to V. A. Stepanov for useful discussions. |