Gradients at a curved shock in reacting flow (Q1376944)

The author investigates a gas flow in vicinity of curvilinear shock front. The analysis is based on derived formulas for gradients of flow parameters, expressed in terms of shock curvature and rate of possible chemical (endothermic or exothermic) reaction behind it. The structure of the flow is determined by the angles between tangentials to the shock, deflected streamline, sonic line, and velocity of the flow relative to the shock. Results for the streamline curvature show that for sufficiently fast exothermic reaction no Crocco point exists. This leads to a stability condition for sinusoidally perturbed normal shocks and convex-upstream detonation waves. For concave detonation wave, this leads to the formation of inner structure with transversal unstable shock waves. The author applies the method to the deflection-pressure map of streamline emerging from a triple shock point and demonstrates that for non-reacting flow the curvature of Mach stem and reflected shock must be zero at the triple point, if the incident shock is straight.