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General Introduction

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When a shock wave propagating in a medium having a given acoustic impedance obliquely encounters another medium, having a different acoustic impedance, it experiences a reflection which is known in the literature as oblique shock wave reflection.

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Abbreviations

hi :

enthalpy in state (i)

Mi :

flow Mach number in state (i)

Ms :

incident shock wave Mach number

pi :

static pressure in state (i)

Ti :

static temperature in state (i)

ui :

flow velocity in state (i) with respect to R in RR or T in MR.

Vi :

flow velocity in state (i) in a laboratory frame of reference

Vs :

incident shock wave velocity in a laboratory frame of reference

γ:

specific heat capacities ratio

δmax(M):

maximum flow deflection angle for a flow having Mach number M through an oblique shock wave

θi :

deflection angle of the flow while passing across an oblique shock wave into state (i)

θW :

reflecting wedge angle

ρi :

flow density in state (i)

Φi :

angle of incidence between the flow and the oblique shock wave across which the flow enters into state (i)

χ, χ’:

first and second triple point trajectory angles, respectively.

0:

flow state ahead of the incident shock wave, i.

1:

flow state behind the incident shock wave, i.

2:

flow state behind the reflected shock wave, r.

3:

flow state behind the Mach stem, m.

m:

maximum deflection

s:

sonic

R:

with respect to the reflection point R

S:

strong solution

T:

with respect to the triple point T

W:

weak solution

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Ben-Dor, G. (1992). General Introduction. In: Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4279-4_1

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