Large- and small-amplitude shock-wave oscillations over axisymmetric bodies in high-speed flow. Sasidharan, V. & Duvvuri, S. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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The phenomena of self-sustained shock-wave oscillations over conical bodies with a blunt axisymmetric base subject to uniform high-speed flow are investigated in a hypersonic wind tunnel at Mach number . The flow and shock-wave dynamics is dictated by two non-dimensional geometric parameters presented by the three length scales of the body, two of which are associated with the conical forebody and one with the base. Time-resolved schlieren imagery from these experiments reveals the presence of two disparate states of shock-wave oscillations in the flow, and allows for the mapping of unsteadiness boundaries in the two-parameter space. Physical mechanisms are proposed to explain the oscillations and the transitions of the shock-wave system from steady to oscillatory states. In comparison with the canonical single-parameter problem of shock-wave oscillations over spiked-blunt bodies reported in literature, the two-parameter nature of the present problem introduces distinct elements to the flow dynamics.
@article{sasidharan2021,
	title = {Large- and small-amplitude shock-wave oscillations over axisymmetric bodies in high-speed flow},
	volume = {913},
	doi = {10.1017/JFM.2021.115},
	abstract = {The phenomena of self-sustained shock-wave oscillations over conical bodies with a blunt axisymmetric base subject to uniform high-speed flow are investigated in a hypersonic wind tunnel at Mach number . The flow and shock-wave dynamics is dictated by two non-dimensional geometric parameters presented by the three length scales of the body, two of which are associated with the conical forebody and one with the base. Time-resolved schlieren imagery from these experiments reveals the presence of two disparate states of shock-wave oscillations in the flow, and allows for the mapping of unsteadiness boundaries in the two-parameter space. Physical mechanisms are proposed to explain the oscillations and the transitions of the shock-wave system from steady to oscillatory states. In comparison with the canonical single-parameter problem of shock-wave oscillations over spiked-blunt bodies reported in literature, the two-parameter nature of the present problem introduces distinct elements to the flow dynamics.},
	journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
	publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
	author = {Sasidharan, Vaisakh and Duvvuri, Subrahmanyam},
	year = {2021},
	keywords = {high-speed flow, shock waves},
}

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