Vapor flows condensing at incidence onto a plane condensed phase in the presence of a noncondensable gas. II. Supersonic condensation

Abstract

This paper is the second part of the study of a steady flow of a vapor in a half space condensing onto a plane condensed phase of the vapor at incidence in the presence of a noncondensable gas near the condensed phase. The aim of the study is to clarify the behavior of the vapor and noncondensable gas on the basis of kinetic theory under the assumption that the molecules of the noncondensable gas are mechanically identical with those of the vapor. In the first part [S. Taguchi et al., Phys. Fluids 15, 689 (2003)], the case of subsonic condensation, where the Mach number corresponding to the flow-velocity component perpendicular to the condensed phase at infinity is less than unity, is considered. In the present second part, the case of supersonic condensation is investigated in detail on the same lines as the first part.