SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF SHOCK WAVES

Abstract

The Rankine-Hugoniot conditions are examined and then applied to develop the similarity solution for a strong spherical shock. Several interesting theorems can be observed about the jump conditions. The similarity solution has been considered in the literature, but it apparently has not been carried out completely; it turns out that a simple solution is available to this important problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0404646

Entities

People

  • M. J. Nowak

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

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  • Acquisition
  • Corporations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Inventions
  • Literature
  • Procurement
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Specifications
  • Virginia
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Theoretical Analysis.