B4.27
A plane shock is moving with speed into a perfect gas. Ahead of the shock the gas is at rest with pressure and density , while behind the shock the velocity, pressure and density of the gas are and respectively. Derive the Rankine-Hugoniot relations across the shock. Show that
where and is the ratio of the specific heats of the gas. Now consider a change of frame such that the shock is stationary and the gas has a component of velocity parallel to the shock. Deduce that the angle of deflection of the flow which is produced by a stationary shock inclined at an angle to an oncoming stream of Mach number is given by
[Note that
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