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Nonequilibrium flow with condensation

Nichtgleichgewichtsströmungen mit Kondensation

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Diabatic processes dominate compressible flows with phase change where the heat of condensation or vaporization causes changes of enthalpy in the flow. The equations of motion for condensing flows are given in analogy to those of reacting flows and discontinuities are discussed. The nonequilibrium process of condensation by homogeneous nucleation in the supersaturated state is singled out by examples for steady and unsteady nozzle flows, Prandtl-Meyer flow, unsteady expansions and shock waves. A selective guide to the widely dispersed literature is provided and the early history of the discovery of condensation in supersonic wind tunnels is recounted.

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Kompressible Strömungen mit Phasenänderung können behandelt werden, wenn die Kondensations- oder Verdampfungswärme eingeführt wird. Die Bewegungsgleichungen kondensierender Strömungen werden analog zu denen der reagierenden Gase angegeben und Diskontinuitäten werden diskutiert. Der Nichtgleichgewichtsprozeß der Kondensation durch Keimbildung im übersättigten Zustand wird besonders behandelt. Beispiele für stationäre und instationäre Düsenströmung, Prandtl-Meyer-Strömung, instationäre Expansionsströmung und Stoßwellen werden gegeben. Ein kritischer Führer zur Literatur und historische Bemerkungen über die Geschichte der Entdeckung der Kondensation in Überschallwindkanälen beschließen die Arbeit.

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Wegener, P.P. Nonequilibrium flow with condensation. Acta Mechanica 21, 65–91 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01172829

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