3.1.13 · D1 · Physics › Compressible Flow & Aerodynamics › Oblique shock waves — θ-β-M relation
Ek supersonic flow jab kisi cheez se takrakar mod lene par majboor hoti hai, toh ek tilted shock ke through compress hoti hai, aur yeh tilt sirf teen numbers se poori tarah fix hoti hai: flow kitni tez aa rahi hai, use kitna mod lena hai, aur shock kitni steep hai. Yeh samajhne ke liye hume sirf ek trick chahiye — incoming velocity ko ek aisi piece mein split karo jo shock cross karti hai (jo saara compression karti hai) aur ek aisi piece mein jo uske saath slide karti hai (jo kuch nahi karti).
Yeh page yeh assume karta hai ki aap kuch nahi jaante aur parent Oblique shock waves — θ-β-M relation ke har symbol ko ek ek karke build karta hai, jahan har ek agla symbol earn karta hai.
Definition Flow aur streamline
Ek flow hawa (ya koi bhi gas) ka movement hai. Hum uski direction ek arrow se dikhate hain. Streamline woh path hai jo ek tiny dust speck trace karta jab woh saath saath ride karta — yeh "air kahan ja rahi hai" ki picture hai.
Neeche sab kuch ek incoming stream of air ke baare mein hai jo kisi obstacle se takra rahi hai. Us single arrow ko apne dimag mein rakho; hum use mod dene wale hain.
Isse pehle ki hum "supersonic" keh sakein, hume tez hone ka ek standard chahiye.
Definition Speed of sound
a
Speed of sound a yeh hai ki gas mein ek tiny pressure ripple (ek whisper, pressure ka ek "message") kitni tez travel karta hai. Room air mein, a ≈ 340 m/s .
M
M = a V
jahan V flow ki speed hai aur a local speed of sound hai. Yeh ek pure number hai (koi units nahi — ek speed divided by ek speed).
M < 1 : subsonic — flow apne khud ke messages se slower move karti hai.
M = 1 : sonic .
M > 1 : supersonic — flow apne khud ke pressure messages se aage nikal jaati hai.
M kyun aur sirf V kyun nahi?
Shock banti hai ya nahi yeh iss baat par depend karta hai ki kya air aage wale region ko "warn" kar sakti hai. Pressure warnings a par travel karti hain. Isliye deciding quantity ratio V / a hai, raw speed nahi. Isliye har shock formula M mein likha hota hai, kabhi V mein akele nahi. Yeh Mach Angle and Mach Waves ka seed hai.
Jab M > 1 hota hai, flow apne ripples se aage nikal jaati hai. Har ripple ek expanding circle ki tarah baahir failta hai, lekin source har circle se aage race karta hai. Circles ek straight envelope ke saath pile up ho jaate hain — ek cone.
μ
Us pile-up cone ka half-angle, flow direction se measure kiya hua:
μ = arcsin ( M 1 )
arcsin ( 1/ M ) geometrically kahan se aata hai
Ek second mein ek ripple distance a failta hai (apne circle ki radius); usi second mein source V travel karta hai. Right triangle banao: opposite side a hai, hypotenuse V hai. Flow aur cone edge ke beech angle μ ka sin μ = hyp opposite = V a = M 1 hai. Angle ko uski sine se recover karne ke liye hum arcsin use karte hain — woh function jo answer deta hai "kis angle ki yeh sine hai?"
Parent μ ko sabse weak possible oblique shock kehta hai. Isliye hum ise pehle build karte hain: yeh aage aane wali har cheez ka limiting case hai.
Ab flow mein ek wedge (ek pointed ramp) rakho.
Definition Deflection angle
θ
Woh angle jitna flow physically bend hoti hai jab yeh wedge surface follow karti hai. Agar wedge surface θ se upar tilt hai, toh flow ko bhi θ se upar turn karna hoga taaki woh uske saath run kare (air solid se guzar nahi sakti).
Picture: incoming arrow horizontal, wedge surface θ par upar sloping, outgoing arrow ab θ par upar sloping. Yeh turn oncoming stream ki taraf ek compression hai (flow ek chote channel mein squeeze hoti hai).
Yeh turn smoothly nahi ho sakta — flow supersonic hai aur aage warn nahi ho sakti. Isliye sudden compression ki ek thin sheet appear hoti hai: shock . Yeh wedge ke saath nahi hoti; yeh apni khud ki steeper tilt par hoti hai.
β
Incoming flow direction aur shock sheet ke beech ka angle. Hamesha β > θ : shock us wall se zyada lean karti hai jise woh serve karti hai.
Intuition Do alag angles, inhe confuse mat karo
θ = woh angle jitna air turn karti hai (wedge set karta hai). β = woh angle jitna shock lean karta hai (nature ise choose karti hai). Poora topic ek equation hai jo θ , β , aur M ko link karta hai — isliye inhe straight rakhna pehla kaam hai.
Yeh master trick hai. Incoming velocity arrow V 1 lo aur, shock sheet ko reference line use karke, ise do perpendicular pieces mein toddo.
Definition Normal aur tangential components
Normal component u n 1 : velocity ka woh part jo shock sheet ke bilkul across (perpendicular) point karta hai.
Tangential component w : woh part jo shock sheet ke saath point karta hai.
V 1 aur shock line se bane right triangle se:
u n 1 = V 1 sin β , w = V 1 cos β
sin β aur tangential ke liye cos β kyun?
β V 1 aur shock line ke beech ka angle hai. Shock ke saath wali piece us angle ki adjacent side hai → cos β . Shock ke across wali piece opposite side hai → sin β . Yeh sirf velocity triangle par "opposite over hypotenuse = sine, adjacent over hypotenuse = cosine" apply karna hai.
Intuition Split karne ki zaroorat kyun hai?
Kyunki do pieces bilkul alag behave karti hain. Normal piece compression mein jam jaati hai aur ordinary Normal Shock Waves laws follow karti hai. Tangential piece sheet ke saath untouched slide karti hai (ise change karne ke liye koi sideways force nahi hai). Ek hard collision + ek free slide = poora oblique shock. Yeh "Normal Normally, Tangent Tags Along" mnemonic hai.
Sirf normal piece "shock karti hai". Isliye effective Mach number jo normal-shock physics mein enter karta hai sirf u n 1 use karta hai:
M 1 kyun nahi use karte?
Poora M 1 use karne ka matlab hoga ki saari speed shock cross karti hai — lekin tangential slide kabhi nahi karti. Yeh compression ko overstate kar dega. Sirf M n 1 = M 1 sin β normal shock ki tarah cross karta hai. (Yeh parent ki pehli "steel-manned mistake" hai.)
Ek real shock ko M n 1 > 1 chahiye, yaani sin β > 1/ M 1 , yaani β > μ . Exactly β = μ par normal piece just sonic hai → Symbol 2 ki vanishingly weak Mach wave. Sab kuch ek saath tie ho jaata hai.
Shock ke baad wali quantities ko subscript 2 milti hai (upstream subscript 1 hai).
M 2 = flow ka Mach number shock cross karne aur θ se bend hone ke baad.
Downstream velocity V 2 θ se turn ho gayi hai, isliye ab yeh shock sheet ke saath angle ( β − θ ) banati hai. Isliye uska normal component u n 2 = V 2 sin ( β − θ ) hai.
( β − θ ) kyun?
Shock nahi hili, lekin flow arrow θ se shock ki taraf rotate ho gayi hai. Isliye (naye) flow aur shock ke beech angle β se ghatakar β − θ ho jaata hai. Wahi sine/cosine split ab is chote angle use karta hai.
Definition Tools, plain words mein
tan α = cos α sin α = adjacent opposite — ek angle ki steepness measure karta hai. Yeh isliye appear karta hai kyunki final θ-β-M relation do "steepnesses" compare karta hai (normal vs tangential change).
cot β = tan β 1 = sin β cos β — sirf reciprocal, boxed formula mein convenient.
cos 2 β — ek double-angle ; yeh sin 2 β aur cos 2 β ko cos 2 β = 1 − 2 sin 2 β use karke simplify karne ke baad show up karta hai. Yeh koi nayi mystery nahi, sirf compacter bookkeeping hai.
arcsin , arctan — "undo" buttons: ek sine (ya tangent) value di jaye, toh woh woh angle return karte hain jisne ise produce kiya.
γ — ratio of specific heats
γ (gamma) gas ki ek property hai jo describe karta hai ki jab ise squeeze kiya jaata hai toh woh heat kaise store karta hai. Air ke liye, γ = 1.4 . Yeh isliye enter karta hai kyunki gas compress karne se woh heat hoti hai, aur γ set karta hai kitna . Yeh Rankine-Hugoniot Relations ke saath packaged aata hai jo kisi bhi shock govern karta hai.
ρ — density
ρ (rho) mass per unit volume hai — "air kitni tightly packed hai". Shock compress karti hai, isliye ρ 2 > ρ 1 . Sheet ke across mass conservation deta hai ρ 1 u n 1 = ρ 2 u n 2 , isliye density ratio normal-velocity ratio ke barabar hota hai.
split V into normal and tangential
normal Mach Mn1 = M sin beta
Ise upar se neeche padho: sound speed M ko paida karta hai; M supersonic flow aur Mach angle ko paida karta hai; wedge θ set karta hai; ek shock angle β par form hoti hai; velocity split karne se M n 1 milta hai; gas laws (γ , ρ ) use normal-shock physics mein turn karte hain — aur sab kuch θ-β-M relation mein lock ho jaata hai.
Right side cover karo aur reveal karne se pehle answer do.
M physically kya compare karta hai?Flow speed V ko local speed of sound a se; M = V / a .
M > 1 ka plain words mein kya matlab hai?Flow apne khud ke pressure ripples se aage nikal jaati hai — supersonic.
Mach angle define karo aur uska formula batao. Ripple pile-up cone ka half-angle, μ = arcsin ( 1/ M ) .
θ (deflection angle) kya hai?Woh angle jitna air physically wedge se bend hoti hai.
β (shock angle) kya hai, aur θ se kaise compare karta hai?Shock sheet ka incoming flow ke vs tilt; hamesha β > θ .
V 1 ko kin do pieces mein split karte hain, aur kis reference line se?Normal aur tangential, dono shock sheet ke relative measure kiye.
u n 1 aur w ko V 1 aur β mein likho.u n 1 = V 1 sin β , w = V 1 cos β .
sin β normal part kyun hai aur cos β tangential part kyun hai?β shock se measure hota hai; across = opposite = sin , along = adjacent = cos .
Normal-shock laws mein kaunsa effective Mach number enter karta hai, aur kyun? M n 1 = M 1 sin β , kyunki sirf normal component shock cross karta hai.
β par kaunsi condition shock ko real banati hai?sin β > 1/ M 1 (yaani β > μ ), taaki M n 1 > 1 ho.
Downstream flow shock ke saath kaunsa angle banati hai, aur kyun? ( β − θ ) , kyunki flow arrow shock ki taraf θ se rotate ho gayi.
γ kya hai aur air ke liye uski value kya hai?Ratio of specific heats, γ = 1.4 , set karta hai ki compression gas ko kitna heat karti hai.