Adjoint characteristics for Eulerian two-dimensional supersonic flow
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The formal expressions, in terms of local flow variables, defining the adjoint characteristic curves, and the associated compatibility relationships satisfied along them, are formally derived in the case of a supersonic flow governed by the compressible Euler equations in two dimensions. These findings extend their well-known counterparts for the direct system, and should serve analytical and possibly numerical studies of the perfect-flow model with respect to adjoint fields or sensitivity questions. Beside the analytical theory, the results are demonstrate by the numerical integration over a very fine grid of the compatibility relationships for discrete flow-fields and dual-consistent adjoint fields.
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