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Reflection Phenomena
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To Professor Ozer Igra who introduced me to the world of shock tubes
and waves,
to Professor Irvine Israel Glass who led me into the world of shock wave
reflection phenomena,
to my colleagues all over the world with whom I have been investigating
the fascinating phenomena of shock wave reflection for over 30 years,
and finally,
to Ms. Edna Magen, and our three children, Shai, Lavi and Tsachit,
who provided me with an excellent atmosphere and support to accomplish
all my goals.
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank Dr. Li Huaidong, currently at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, who was my
Ph.D. student and Post Doctoral Fellow during the years 1992–1997, for his
invaluable contribution to many of the findings of my researches in the area
of shock wave reflection, which are the reason for putting together this second
edition of my monograph.
Preface
Nothing is more exciting to a scientist than realizing that his/her areas of
expertise are developing and that the state-of-the-knowledge yesterday is out-
dated today.
The distinguished philosopher Ernst Mach first reported the phenomenon
of shock wave reflection over 125 years ago in 1878. The study of this fasci-
nating phenomenon was then abandoned for a period of about 60 years until
Professors John von Neumann and Bleakney initiated its investigation in the
early 1940s. Under their supervision, 15 years of intensive research related to
various aspects of the reflection of shock waves in pseudosteady flows were
carried out. It was during this period that the four basic shock wave reflec-
tion configurations, regular, single-Mach, transitional-Mach and double-Mach
reflections, were discovered. Then, for a period of about 10 years from the
mid-1950s until the mid-1960s, the investigation of the reflection phenom-
enon of shock waves was kept on a low flame all over the world (e.g. Australia,
Japan, Canada, USA, USSR, etc.) until Professor Tatyana Bazhenova from the
USSR, Professor Irvine Israel Glass from Canada, and Professor Roy Hender-
son from Australia re-initiated the study of this and related phenomena. Under
their scientific leadership, numerous findings related to this phenomenon were
reported. Probably the most productive research group in the mid-1970s was
that led by Professor Irvine Israel Glass in the Institute of Aerospace Studies
of the University of Toronto. In 1978, exactly 100 years after Ernst Mach first
reported his discoveries on the reflection phenomenon; I published my Ph.D.
thesis in which, for the first time, analytical transition criteria between the
various shock wave reflection configurations were established.
For reasons which for me are yet unknown, the publication of my Ph.D.
findings triggered intensive experimental and analytical studies of the shock
wave reflection phenomenon over a variety of geometries and properties of the
reflecting surface and in a variety of gases. The center of the experimental
investigation was shifted from Canada to Japan, in general, and to the Shock
Wave Research Center that was led by Professor Kazuyoshi Takayama, in
particular. Under his supervision flow visualization techniques reached such
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a stage that the phrase “cannot be resolved experimentally” almost ceased to
exist in the scientific dictionary, especially after Dr. Harald Kleine joined his
research group for a couple of years.
In the same year that I published my Ph.D. thesis, I published my first
journal paper related to the shock wave reflection phenomenon. This paper,
entitled “Nonstationary Oblique Shock Wave Reflections: Actual Isopycnics
and Numerical Experiments” was co-authored with my Ph.D. supervisor, Pro-
fessor Irvine Israel Glass. In the conclusion to the paper we wrote Undoubt-
edly, numerical codes will evolve in the future which will reliably predict not
only RR and SMR but also CMR and DMR in real gases. I wish my lot-
tery predictions were as successful as this prediction, since probably the most
remarkable progress in the study of the shock wave reflection phenomenon
in the following decade (i.e., in the 1980s) was made by American compu-
tational fluid dynamicists, who demonstrated that almost nothing is beyond
their simulation capability. At one time, it was feared that the computational
fluid dynamicists would put the experimentalists out of business. Fortunately,
this did not occur. Instead, experimentalists, computational fluid dynami-
cists, and theoreticians worked together in harmony under the orchestration
of Professor John Dewey, who realized, in 1981, that scientists interested in
the reflection phenomenon of shock waves will benefit the most if they meet
once every one/two years and exchange views and ideas. In 1981, he initiated
the International Mach Reflection Symposium, which became the framework
for excellent cooperation between scientists from all over the world who are
interested in better understanding the shock wave reflection phenomenon.
Ten years later, in 1991, I completed writing my monograph entitled Shock
Wave Reflection Phenomena, which summarized the state-of-the-knowledge at
that time.
Three major developments, which shattered this state-of-the-knowledge,
took place in the 15 years that has passed since then.
– The first (in the early 1990s), was the discovery of the hysteresis phenom-
enon in the reflection of shock waves in steady flows.
– The second (in the mid-1990s), was a re-initiation of a abandoned
approach considering an overall shock wave diffraction process that
results from the interaction of two sub-processes, namely, the shock-wave
reflection process and the shock-induced flow deflection process. This
approach led to the development of new analytical models for describing
the transitional- and the double-Mach reflections; and
– The third (in the late 1990s and the mid-2000s), was the resolution of the
well-known von Neumann paradox.
As a result, only one out of the four main chapters of the monograph could
be still considered as relevant and providing updated information. Unlike this
chapter, the other four are simply outdated. Consequently, the monograph has
been re-written, to again describe the state-of-the-knowledge of the fascinating
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phenomena of shock wave reflection, which I have been investigating for over
three decades.
As a final remark I would like to point out that this book comes as close
as possible to summarizing almost all that I know about shock wave reflection
phenomena from a phenomenological point of view. Thirty-one years ago,
when I first met Professor Irvine Israel Glass, I almost knew nothing about
the reflection of shock waves. When he assigned me the investigation of this
phenomenon, I thought that it would take a lifetime to understand and explain
it. Now I can state wholeheartedly that I was lucky to have been assigned to
investigate this fascinating phenomenon and to have met and worked under
the supervision of Professor Irvine Israel Glass. I have been even luckier to
become a part of a wonderful group of scientists from all over the world with
whom I have been collaborating throughout the past thirty years, and with
whom I hope to continue collaborating in the future.
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Contents
1 General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Introduction and Historical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Reasons for the Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2.1 Reason for the Reflection in Steady Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2.2 Reasons for the Reflection in Pseudosteady
and Unsteady Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Analytical Approaches for Describing Regular
and Mach Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3.1 Two-Shock Theory (2ST) for an Inviscid Flow . . . . . . . . 14
1.3.2 Three-Shock Theory (3ST) for an Inviscid Flow . . . . . . . 16
1.4 Shock Polars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.4.1 Shock-Polar Presentation of the Flow Field
Near the Reflection Point of a Regular Reflection . . . . . . 21
1.4.2 Shock-Polar Presentation of the Flow Field
Near the Triple Point of a Mach Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.5 Suggested RR ��� IR Transition Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.5.1 Detachment Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1.5.2 Mechanical-Equilibrium Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1.5.3 Sonic Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.5.4 Length-Scale Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1.5.5 Summary, Critique, and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2 Shock Wave Reflections in Steady Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.1 Categories of Steady Reflection Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.1.1 Curved Incident Shock Wave Reflections over Straight
Reflecting Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.1.2 Straight Incident Shock Wave Reflections over Curved
Reflecting Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2.1.3 Curved Incident Shock Wave Reflections over Curved
Reflecting Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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2.1.4 Straight Incident Shock Wave Reflections
over Straight Reflecting Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.2 Modifications of the Perfect Inviscid
Two- and Three-Shock Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2.2.1 Nonstraight Discontinuities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.2.2 Viscous Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.2.3 Thermal Conduction Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.2.4 Real Gas Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.3 Prediction of the Mach Reflection Shape
and the Mach Stem Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.3.1 Assumptions and Concepts of the Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
2.3.2 Governing Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
2.3.3 Derivation of a General Expression for a Curved
Line as a Function of Some Boundary Conditions
at Its Ends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
2.3.4 Estimation of the Strength of the Expansion Waves
that are Reflected at the Slipstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
2.3.5 Geometric Relations of the Wave Configuration
Shown in Figs. 2.12 and 2.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
2.3.6 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
2.4 Hysteresis Processes in the RR � MR Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
2.4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
2.4.2 Hysteresis Processes in the Reflection
of Symmetric Shock Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
2.4.3 Hysteresis Process in the Reflection of Asymmetric
Shock Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
2.4.4 Hysteresis Process in the Reflection of Axisymmetric
(Conical) Shock Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
3 Shock Wave Reflections in Pseudosteady Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
3.1 “Old” State-of-the-Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
3.1.1 Reflection Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
3.1.2 The Transition Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
3.1.3 Second Triple Point Trajectory and Some Critical
Remarks Regarding the Old State-of-the-Knowledge . . . 151
3.2 “New” (Present) State-of-the-Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
3.2.1 Introductory Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
3.2.2 Shock-Diffraction Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
3.2.3 Transition Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
3.2.4 Single-Mach Reflection (SMR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
3.2.5 Formation of Transitional-Mach Reflection (TMR)
or Double-Mach Reflection (DMR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
3.2.6 Transitional-Mach Reflection (TMR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
3.2.7 Double-Mach Reflection – DMR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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3.2.8 SMR � PTMR/TMR/DMR and the TMR � DMR
Transition Criteria and Domains of Different Types
of Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
3.2.9 Triple-Mach Reflection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
3.2.10 Summary of the New State-of-the-Knowledge . . . . . . . . . 177
3.2.11 Domains and Transition Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
3.2.12 Weak Shock Wave Reflection Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
3.3 Summary, Critique, and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
3.4 Modifications of the Perfect Inviscid
Two- and Three-Shock Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.4.1 Nonsteady Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
3.4.2 Nonstraight Discontinuities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
3.4.3 Real Gas Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
3.4.4 Viscous Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
3.4.5 Thermal Conduction Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
3.4.6 Noninfinitely Thin Contact Discontinuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
3.4.7 Non-Self-Similar Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
3.5 Additional Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
3.5.1 Flow Deflection Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
3.5.2 Shock Wave Diffraction Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
3.5.3 Comparison Between Steady and Pseudosteady
Reflection Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
4 Shock Wave Reflections in Unsteady Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
4.1 Constant Velocity Shock Wave Reflections
Over Nonstraight Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
4.1.1 Shock Wave Reflections Over Cylindrical
Concave Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
4.1.2 Shock Wave Reflections Over Cylindrical
Convex Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
4.1.3 Shock Wave Reflections Over Double Wedges . . . . . . . . . 291
4.2 Nonconstant Velocity Shock Wave Reflections Over
Straight Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
4.3 Spherical Shock Wave Reflections Over Straight
and Nonstraight Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
5 Source List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
5.1 Scientific Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .