Transonic flows of Bethe—Zel'dovich—Thompson fluids
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 240 (-1), 197-228
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112092000077
Abstract
Bethe–Zel'dovich–Thompson fluids are ordinary, single-phase fluids in which the fundamental derivative of gasdynamics is negative over a finite range of temperatures and pressures. We examine the steady transonic flow of these fluids over two-dimensional thin wings and turbine blades. The free-stream state is taken to be in the neighbourhood of one of the zeros of the fundamental derivative. It is shown that a modified form of the classical transonic small-disturbance equation governs such flows. Critical Mach number estimates are provided which take into account the non-monotone variation of the Mach number with pressure predicted in previous investigations. Critical Mach numbers well over 0.95 are predicted for conventional airfoil sections. Numerical solutions reveal substantial reductions in the strength of the compression shocks occurring in supercritical flows. Further new results include the prediction of expansion and compression shocks in the same flow and compression bow shocks in flows with subsonic free streams.Keywords
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