Shock capturing for steady, supersonic, two‐dimensional isentropic flow

A finite difference scheme is presented for the solution of the two‐dimensional equations of steady, supersonic, isentropic flow. The scheme incorporates numerical characteristic decomposition, is shock‐capturing by design and incorporates space marching as a result of the assumption that the flow is wholly supersonic in at least one space dimension. Results are shown for problems involving oblique hydraulic jumps and reflection from a wall.