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Whitham's approximation for handling shock wave propagation in area changes (reductions) in a duct was checked in comparison with a numerical solution. Also the Whitham approximation for shock wave propagation from a constant cross-sectional duct to a duct of a smaller cross-sectional area was studied and compared with a numerical solution. It was found that for modest incident shock Mach numbers and modest area reductions the Whitham approximation provided a fair solution for the shock Mach number and for the post-shock pressure. For higher shock Mach numbers and/or area reductions, large discrepancies exit between the approximate and exact solutions. A wider range of applicability of the Whitham approximation is found for the monotonical area reduction case; it is quite narrow for the passage of a shock wave from a wider to a narrower duct case. In addition, the effect of the extent of the area change region on the time required for reaching a quasi-steady flow was studied. It was shown that the longer the area change segment is, the longer it takes to reach a quasi-steady flow.
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Igra, O., Elperin, T., Falcovitz, J. et al. Shock wave interaction with area changes in ducts. Shock Waves 3, 233–238 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414717
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414717