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On the possibility of complete condensation shock waves in retrograde fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Philip A. Thompson  and
Daniel A. Sullivan
Philip A. Thompson
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, West Germany.
Daniel A. Sullivan
Affiliation:
Gas Turbine Division, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York
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Abstract

Shock discontinuities for which the upstream state is vapour and the downstream state is liquid are considered. The possibility of such shock waves is associated with a large number of molecular degrees of freedom: it is necessary that the ideal-gas specific heat cv [ges ] 24R at the critical temperature, a condition which is met by several common fluids. Shock properties are found from a corresponding-states thermodynamic model and from several calculations based on data for particular fluids. Condensation shock waves satisfy the usual stability conditions and should be found in laboratory experiments.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , 26 August 1975 , pp. 639 - 649
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© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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