The focus of this chapter is on normal shock waves, as sketched in Fig 8. 1. The supersonic flow over a blunt body and the supersonic flow established inside a nozzle are shown in Fig. 8.1 This portion of the bow shock is normal to the ∥ow Normal shock inside the nozzle M>1M<1 Mo> Flow over a Overexpanded flow blunt bo through a nozzle FIGURE 8.1 Two examples where normal shock waves are of interesThe focus of this chapter is on normal shock waves, as sketched in Fig. 8.1. The supersonic flow over a blunt body and the supersonic flow established inside a nozzle are shown in Fig. 8.1