Numerical and Experimental Investigations on the Mach 2 Pseudo-Shock Wave in a Square Duct

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sun, L.Q. | Sugiyama, H. | Mizobata, K. | Fukuda, K.

Affiliations: Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, 27-1, Mizumotocho, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan. E-mail: sugiyama@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp

Abstract: This paper describes numerical and experimental investigations for the multiple shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction in a Mach 2 supersonic square duct. The numerical simulation is carried out with the Harten–Yee second-order accuracy TVD scheme and the Baldwin–Lomax turbulence model. The flow conditions are a free-stream Mach number of M_∞ ≅ 2.0 and a Reynolds number of Re_∞ = 2.5 × 10^7 and the flow confinements are δ_∞/h = 0.15 (case A) and δ_∞/h = 0.25 (case B), respectively. The computational results for both cases show good agreement with the experimental results. Based on these agreements, the flow quantities, which are very difficult to obtain experimentally, are analyzed by numerical simulation. Moreover, the effect of flow confinement on the pseudo-shock wave characteristics is also presented.

Keywords: Pseudo-shock wave, Supersonic flow, Shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction, Shock train, CFD, Flow visualization

Journal: Journal of Visualization, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 363-370, 2003