Vol 50, No 2 (1998)

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Focusing a shock wave; microscopic structure of the phenomenon

Z.A. Walenta, J. Orzeński

Arch. Mech. 50 (2), 265-279, 1998

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Abstract


The problem of focusing a shock wave after its reflection from a concave wall is considered experimentally (in a shock tube) and numerically (employing the Direct Simulation Monte-Carlo technique). Rarefied flow conditions make it possible to clarify both the size of the focus and the structure of its neighbourhood.

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