Computations of the refraction of a plane shock wave at a slow-fast gas interface

Conference · Mon Jul 30 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:7114271

Puckett, E G ^[1]; Colella, P ^[2]; Henderson, L F ^[3]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
2. University of California, Berkeley, CA 945720 (United States)
3. University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 (Australia)

We present an example of our computations on a shock wave refracting from CO{sub 2} into CH{sub 4}. The results are compared with the experiments of Abdel-Fattah and Henderson. Our input data was the same as the parameters they measured and we used the same boundaries. We also took into account the mutal gas contamination present in the experiments and the effects of a separating membrane. All the principle properties of a free-precursor refraction were detected.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7114271
• Report Number(s): CONF-890756--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 208:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

661300* -- Other Aspects of Physical Science-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD
HYDROCARBONS
ITERATIVE METHODS
METHANE
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOGRAPHY
REFRACTION
SCHLIEREN METHOD
SHOCK WAVES