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The Confluence of Three Shock Waves in Three-Dimensional Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

B.L. Hunt and
P.J. Lamont
B.L. Hunt
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol
P.J. Lamont
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol
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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.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 1978, pp. 18 - 27
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1978

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