2D Supersonic Flow in a Symmetric Convergent Channel [AE01a, AE02a, AE03b]
Code Validation of DRAGON Grid Technique
(Pictures created in 2000)

Geometry and pressure pattern of a symmetric convergent channel, through which a supersonic flow is passing

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Pressure contours of the flow: (a) Single grid; (b) and (c) Chimera Grids I and II. (d) DRAGON grid.

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Pressure distributions of the flow on Lines AB (a) and CD (b). Solid, dotted, dashed lines and circles denote results based on the single grid, Chimera Grids I and II, and the DRAGON grid, respectively.