In the framework of the Gross-Pitaevskii mean field approach, it is shown that the supersonic flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate can support a new type of pattern--an oblique dark soliton. The corresponding exact solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation is obtained. It is demonstrated by numerical simulations that oblique solitons can be generated by an obstacle inserted into the flow.

Utilizing experimental techniques of Nano-particle based Planar Laser Scattering (NPLS) and schlieren photography, the flow patterns and mixing characteristics of a designed HYLTE (HYpersonic Low TEmperature) nozzle were investigated in this paper. In order to visualize the non-reacting flowfield of supersonic angled jets into a supersonic crossflow in the HYLTE nozzle, a testing section with w...

We investigate the hydrodynamics of threedimensional classical Bondi-Hoyle accretion. A totally absorbing sphere of different sizes (1, 0.1 and 0.02 accretion radii) moves at different Mach numbers (0.6, 1.4, 3.0 and 10) relative to a homogeneous and slightly perturbed medium, which is taken to be an ideal, nearly isothermal, gas ( = 1:01). We examine the influence of Mach number of the flow an...

The design optimization of a wing for supersonic transport by means of Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) is presented. The objective function is to minimize the drag for transonic cruise, the drag for supersonic cruise and the bending moment at the wing root for the supersonic condition. The wing shape is defined by planform, thickness distributions and warp shapes, in total of 66 design ...

This paper studies the liquid to vapor phase transition in a cone shaped nozzle. Using the geometric method presented in [32, 34], we further develop results on subsonic and supersonic evaporation waves in [14] to transonic waves. It is known that transonic waves do not exist if restricted solely to the slow system on the slow manifolds [14]. Thus we consider the existence of transonic waves th...

A spherical hydrodynamical expansion flow can be described as the gradient of a potential. In that case no vorticity should be produced, but several additional mechanisms can drive its production. Here we analyze the effects of baroclinicity, rotation and shear in the case of a viscous fluid. Those flows resemble what happens in the interstellar medium. In fact in this astrophysical environment...

According to the linearized theory of supersonic flow, both the local slope of the mean surface of a wing producing a specified distribution of lift and the pressure on a wing due to a specified distribution of volume are given as singular double integrals. The numerical evaluation of these is described for planforms with curved subsonic leading edges and supersonic trailing edges for the cases...