Key trick yeh hai: ek oblique shock sirf ek normal shock hai us velocity component ke liye jo usके perpendicular hai, aur tangential component unchanged rehti hai.
Step 1 — Normal Mach numbers.
Upstream Mach number ka normal component hai
Mn1=M1sinβYeh step kyun? Perpendicular flow ek normal shock ki tarah behave karta hai, aur ek normal shock sirf normal Mach number ki "parwah" karta hai.
Step 2 — Normal-shock density (continuity) ratio use karein.
Ek normal shock ke liye density ratio standard Rankine–Hugoniot result hai
ρ1ρ2=(γ−1)Mn12+2(γ+1)Mn12Yeh step kyun? Shock face ke across mass conservation sirf normal velocity use karta hai: ρ1u1=ρ2u2, isliye ρ1ρ2=u2u1.
Step 3 — Velocity ratio ko angles se express karein.
Har side par normal ko tangential se divide karein (tangential equal hai):
tanβ=w1u1,tan(β−θ)=w2u2=w1u2Yeh step kyun? Yeh velocity ratios ko angle ratios mein badal deta hai, jo hum chahte hain.
Divide karne par,
tanβtan(β−θ)=u1u2=ρ2ρ1=(γ+1)Mn12(γ−1)Mn12+2
Step 4 — Mn1=M1sinβ substitute karein aur simplify karein (tan=sin/cos aur trig identities use karke). Standard compact form hai:
Socho tum itni tez daud rahe ho ki tumhari warning ki "honk" tumse pehle wall tak nahi pahunch sakti. Jab supersonic air kisi wedge se takraati hai, usse koi warning nahi milti, toh woh ek sharp line ke saath ek saath crash karke mur jaati hai — woh line hai shock. Line ka jhukav hai wave angle. Air ka raasta kitna mura hai woh hai turn angle. Neat trick yeh hai: air ki speed ko "line mein" aur "line ke saath" tood lo. Sirf "line mein" waala hissa squash hota hai; "line ke saath" waala hissa bina change ke nikal jaata hai. Thodi si turning se line leaning rehti hai aur air tez rehti hai; zyada muro toh air surrender kar deti hai — shock pop off ho jaata hai aur ek curved cushion ki tarah aage float karta hai.
Oblique shock aur upstream flow direction ke beech ka angle.
Deflection angle θ kya measure karta hai?
Woh angle jitna streamline shock ke across mur jaata hai (= wedge half-angle).
Tangential velocity oblique shock ke across kyun unchanged rehti hai?
Inviscid shock pressure sirf uski face ke perpendicular kaam karta hai, isliye koi tangential force nahi hota ⇒ tangential momentum (aur velocity) conserve hoti hai.