Effects of Supersonic Nozzle Geometry on Characteristics of Shock Wave Structure.docVIP

Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, 2012, 2, 181-186 /10.4236/ojfd.2012.24A019 Published Online December 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojfd) Effects of Supersonic Nozzle Geometry on Characteristics of Shock Wave Structure Shigeru Matsuo , Kousuke Kanesaki , Junji Nagao , Md. Tawhidul Islam Khan , 1* 2 2 1 3 4 Toshiaki Setoguchi , Heuy Dong Kim 1 Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Saga University, Saga, Japan Graduate School of Science Engineering, Saga University, Saga, Japan Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Saga, Japan School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University, Andong, South Korea 2 3 4 Email: matsuo@me.saga-u.ac.jp * Received September 1, 2012; revised October 3, 2012; accepted October 16, 2012 ABSTRACT Interaction between the normal shock wave and the turbulent boundary layer in a supersonic nozzle becomes complex with an increase of a Mach number just before the shock wave. When the shock wave is strong enough to separate the boundary layer, the shock wave is bifurcated, and the 2nd and 3rd shock waves are formed downstream of the shock wave. The effect of a series of shock waves thus formed, called shock train, is considered to be similar to the effect of one normal shock wave, and the shock train is called pseudo-shock wave. There are many researches on the configura- tion of the shock wave. However, so far, very few researches have been done on the asymmetric characteristics of the leading shock wave in supersonic nozzles. In the present study, the effect of nozzle geometry on asymmetric shock wave in supersonic nozzles has been investigated experimentally. Keywords: Compressible Flow; Asymmetric Shock Wave; Supersonic Nozzle; Experiment 1. Introduction Tamaki et al. [3,4] r