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Nonuniqueness of transonic flows

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The objective of this paper is to present nonunique (numerical) solutions of potential, Euler and Navier-Stokes equations for steady transonic flows over the same airfoil at the same Mach number. It seems, therefore, that the nonuniqueness is associated with the common inherent nonlinearity of the different models.

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  1. M. M. Hafez & W. H. Guo

    Present address: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

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    Hafez, M.M., Guo, W.H. Nonuniqueness of transonic flows. Acta Mechanica 138, 177–184 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01291843

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