The Mach Reflection of Shock Waves at Nearly Glancing Incidence
The Mach Reflection of Shock Waves at Nearly Glancing Incidence
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DOI:
10.1103/revmodphys.23.271
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发表时间:
1951-07
影响因子:
44.1
通讯作者:
C. H. Fletcher;W. Bleakney
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作者:
C. H. Fletcher;W. Bleakney
An experimental investigation of the interaction of a plane shock wave in air with a plane rigid wall reveals that this reQection phenomenon takes at least the two formswhich are illustrated in Fig. 1:(a) regular reflection in which the original or incident shock is followed by a reQected shock which joins the incident shock wave at the wall and (b) Machreflection in which the reflected shock meets the incident shock at a triple point (or line) which is some distance from the wall and is joinedto it by a third shock wave (usually curved) called the Mach shock. For the case of a shock wave of any specified(finite) strength, Mach reflection will always occur if the incidence is suKciently near glancing and regular reflection will occur if the incidence of the shock wave on the wall is sufIiciently near head-on. In an earlier paper'this problem was discussed prin-cipally from a theoreticalviewpoint. A complete mathematical solution to the problem of Mach reflection is very difFicult because of the nonlinear nature of the problem and the fact that the location and strengths of the reQected and Mach shocks which are to bede-termined by the analysis also specify the boundary conditions for the Qow. Nevertheless, various assump-tions can be made which do not aGect the nonlinear character of the problem but treat the conditions in the vicinity of the triple point for Mach reflection or, for regular reflection, the conditions near the intersection of the incident and reflected shocks. These treatments are fundamentally local in character and are made in detail in reference 1.The problem is essentially a two-dimensional one, and it is usual to consider the configuration of the intersections of the shock waves with a plane which is perpendicular to the wall and to the incident shock. In considering these local problems it is usually convenient to choose the origin at the point in question and reduce it to rest. When this is done, the conditions for