
5.5 Oblique Shock Wave
E
tan
1
t
n
u
u
and
TE
tan
2
t
n
u
u
(5.5.6)
By defining
111
auM / , we can write
sin
111
Mau
n
/ since typically
sin
11
uu
n
. Thus, the normal shock relationship from Eq. (5.5.5) can be
written for the oblique shock relationship by replacing
1
M in Eq. (5.4.5)
with
sin
1
M , which gives
2sin1
sin1
22
1
22
1
1
2
2
1
E
E
U
U
Mk
Mk
u
u
n
n
(5.5.7)
Perhaps it is worth taking a moment to consider the relationship be-
tween the shock inclination angle
and the wedge angle
. Substituting
the relations from Eq. (5.5.6) into Eq. (5.5.7), we can derive the following
relationship between
and
E
E
E
TE
22
1
22
1
sin1
2sin1
tan
tan
Mk
Mk
(5.5.8)
By solving Eq. (5.5.8) for
, we can write the angle
as
E
E
E
T
cot
22cos
1sin2
tan
2
1
22
1
kM
M
(5.5.9)
Depending on
1
M , Eq. (5.5.9) shows that
will be zero for
, equal to
either
2
S
or
1
1
1sin M/
, or somewhere within this range, noting that
there is a maximum of
. Figure 5.12 is a plot of
versus
for a given
1
M , where the dashed line is a curve for max
. Figure 5.12 indicates that
there are two possible solutions of
for
4
. In practice it is ob-
served that the solution (to a weak shock) occurs and has a weaker discon-
tinuity, with a remainder of 1
2
!M (except for in a region between the
lines 1
2
M and
max
). That is, two solutions are derived from the jump
conditions, which are in effect characterized by different shock inclinations
angles and shock intensities. The solutions are known as the weak and
strong solutions. Phenomenologically the strong solution indicates a flow
which is subsonic downstream from the shock with
2
max
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