Shock Waves

Abstract

Contents: What is gas dynamics, (sound waves, the appearance of an abrupt change, conditions at shock wave discontinuity, limiting compression in shock waves, weak shock waves, structure of front of shock wave); Actions of shock waves, (supersonic waves, shock waves during an explosion, reflection of shock waves, shock waves in laboratories and in the cosmos, shock waves in solid and friable bodies); Detonation, (detonation waves, limits of detonation, detonation of condensed substances, nuclear detonation).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 12, 1965
Accession Number
AD0611041

Entities

People

  • A. S. Kompaneets

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Chain Reactions
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Energy Transfer
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fission
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mechanics
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shock Waves
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow