Abstract
The problem of a plane shock wave that propagates in an air media and then is reflected from a parabolic concave reflector and focuses at some region is considered. The shock focusing can greatly magnify the pressure and the temperature. The purpose of this study is to numerically simulate the shock focusing process of the reflection of shock waves from the parabolic reflectors with different depths and to analyze their associated flow fields in detail. The present solver developed is to solve the Euler equations using an improved, implicit, upwind Total Variation Diminishing scheme in a finite-volume approach. The effects of reflectors with different depths and of the incident shock Mach numbers on shock focusing are investigated. The real-gas effect is taken into account through a proper correction of the specific heat ratio of air, when high temperature occurs due to shock focusing.
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