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Condensation shocks in nozzle flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

P. A. Blythe  and
C. J. Shih
P. A. Blythe
Affiliation:
Center for the Application of Mathematics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
C. J. Shih
Affiliation:
Center for the Application of Mathematics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
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Abstract

Supersonic nozzle flows of a condensable vapour are considered in the high activation limit for homogeneous nucleation. Conditions are determined under which the final collapse of the supersaturated state is described by a condensation shock. It is shown that the shock zone is associated with droplet growth: droplet production occurs in a thin layer upstream of the growth region. Some new scaling laws are obtained for the structure of the production layer.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , 11 August 1976 , pp. 593 - 621
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© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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