Control of Flow Structure of Supersonic Underexpanded Jet of Rarified Gas
摘要
Abstract
The paper presents the results of an experimental study on the effect of homogeneous condensation on the density and shock-wave structure of an underexpanded jet of a monatomic gas flowing into a vacuum from a supersonic nozzle. It is shown that this effect can be decisive, leading to a decrease in the relative density in the region of free supersonic expansion in the jet core, as well as transition of the shock-wave structure of the initial section of the jet from an X-shaped central shock to a Mach disc flow.