Title: Visualisation of inviscid transonic flows using a water table

Authors: A. Burkhead; M. Hafez

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA ' Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA

Abstract: The analogue of compressible inviscid flows and shallow water surface waves are studied via water table experiments. In particular, the non-uniqueness problems of transonic flows in nozzles and around airfoils are examined numerically and experimentally. Qualitative comparisons of the two results are shown for several cases.

Keywords: hydraulic analogy; water table; non-unique solutions; transonic flows.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAD.2021.112748

International Journal of Aerodynamics, 2021 Vol.7 No.2, pp.151 - 175

Published online: 01 Feb 2021 *

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