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On the entry problem for a compressible liquid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

H. G. Pinsent
H. G. Pinsent
Affiliation:
Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London, S.W. 3
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Abstract

The problem considered is the entry of a thin symmetric wedge impinging normally on the free surface of a compressible inviscid liquid, gravitational effects being neglected. Since the body is thin, the problem is a linear one, and its solution is possible for the whole range of Mach numbers of the body's motion in the liquid. It is shown that the free-surface elevations are lowered considerably as the Mach number increases, and that the presence of the free surface acts so as to lower the pressure differences arising from compressibility.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1966 , pp. 577 - 587
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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