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A note on the compression of air through repeated shock waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. L. Stollery  and
D. J. Maull
J. L. Stollery
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, University of London
D. J. Maull
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College, University of London
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Abstract

The results of calculations of the compression of air by repeated shock waves are compared with the perfect-gas values given by Evans & Evans (1956). The comparison emphasizes the increasing divergence of real from perfect-gas results as shock strengths are raised. The equations relating conditions across a shock wave are obtained in a convenient form for solution using a Mollier diagram.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 4 , Issue 6 , November 1958 , pp. 650 - 654
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© Cambridge University Press

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