Oblique Shock Waves

1 - A supersonic airplane is flying at Mach 2 at an altitude of 16 km.

Assume the shock wave pattern from the airplane quickly coalesces into
a Mach wave that intersects the ground behind the airplane, causing a
“sonic boom” to be heard by a bystander on the ground. At the instant
the sonic boom is heard, how far ahead of the bystander is the airplane?

Solution

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2 - Consider a supersonic flow with M = 2, p = 1 atm, and T = 288 K.
This flow is deflected at a compression corner through
Calculate M, p, T , , and behind the resulting oblique shock wave.
Solution

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3 - Consider an oblique shock wave with a wave angle of . The
upstream flow Mach number is 2.4. Calculate the deflection angle of the
flow, the pressure and temperature ratios across the shock wave, and the
Mach number behind the wave.
Solution

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4 - Consider an oblique shock wave with and a pressure ratio
Calculate the upstream Mach number.
Solution

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5 - Consider a Mach 3 flow. It is desired to slow this flow to a subsonic
speed. Consider two separate ways of achieving this:
(1) the Mach 3 flow is slowed by passing directly through a normal
shock wave;
(2) the Mach 3 flow first passes through an oblique shock with a 40◦
wave angle, and then subsequently through a normal shock.
Calculate the ratio of the final total pressure values for the two cases,
that is, the total pressure behind the normal shock for case 2 divided by
the total pressure behind the normal shock for case 1. Comment on the
significance of the result.

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Solution

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