Study of regular reflection shock waves using a mesoscopic kinetic approach: Curvature pattern and effects of viscosity

The physical characteristics inside shock waves with nonequilibrium molecular motion are difficult to describe using conventional macroscopic methods. In this paper, nonequilibrium hydrodynamic and thermodynamic effects caused by the strong nonequilibrium molecular velocity distribution at a shock w...

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Published in:Physics of fluids (1994) 2020-10, Vol.32 (10)
Main Authors: Qiu, Ruofan, Bao, Yue, Zhou, Tao, Che, Huanhuan, Chen, Rongqian, You, Yancheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chain dynamics
Compressibility
Computational fluid dynamics
Curvature
Distribution functions
Energy distribution
Fluid dynamics
Mathematical analysis
Molecular motion
Physical properties
Physics
Shock waves
Velocity distribution
Viscosity
Wave reflection
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Summary:The physical characteristics inside shock waves with nonequilibrium molecular motion are difficult to describe using conventional macroscopic methods. In this paper, nonequilibrium hydrodynamic and thermodynamic effects caused by the strong nonequilibrium molecular velocity distribution at a shock wave are studied using a mesoscopic kinetic approach. This approach is based on a lattice Boltzmann method and a kinetic nonequilibrium method. The former adopts a compressible double-distribution-function model with separated density and total energy distribution functions. The latter represents the nonequilibrium effects through nonequilibrium kinetic moments based on the nonequilibrium molecular velocity distribution. The nonequilibrium effects in the steady state and the process of the formation of a regular reflection shock wave are presented. Nonequilibrium effects inside the shock wave are further investigated. First, the curvature pattern during the formation of a regular reflection shock wave is addressed. The curvature characteristic leads to distinct features of nonequilibrium effects compared with the linear pattern. A vector-based approach for visualizing nonequilibrium effects is proposed to study the curvature pattern. Second, the influence of viscosity on nonequilibrium effects, which is related to the average collision time among molecules at the shock wave, is explored. The results obtained in this paper provide mesoscopic physical insight into the flow mechanisms occurring in shock waves.
ISSN:1070-6631
1089-7666
DOI:10.1063/5.0024801