Effect of Nonequilibrium Condensation of Moist Air on Transonic Flow Fields

Abstract

When condensation occurs in a transonic flow fields, the flow is affected by the latent heat released. In the present study, a condensing flow was produced by an expansion of moist air in transonic flow fields using circular bump model and shock waves were occurred in the supersonic parts of the fields. The experimental investigations were caned out to show the effects of initial conditions and note geometries on the shock wave characteristics and the turbulences in the flow fields.