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Analysis of compressible flows around a uniformly expanding circular cylinder and sphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

Takeyoshi Kimura  and
Michihisa Tsutahara
Takeyoshi Kimura
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Rokko, Nada, Kobe, Japan
Michihisa Tsutahara
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Rokko, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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Abstract

The flows caused by a uniformly expanding circular cylinder or sphere in a perfect gas at rest at various (from small to very large) expansion velocities are analysed by a method of successive approximations in which the first approximation represents the incompressible flow. The shock waves which form around the bodies are also treated. The results for a sphere, even up to the third approximation, agree closely with Taylor's (1946) calculations for all the expansion rates.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , 23 March 1977 , pp. 625 - 630
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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