SHOCK WAVE PROPAGATION IN A NONHOMOGENEOUS ATMOSPHERE IN THE DIRECTION OF DECREASING DENSITY,

Abstract

The paper includes a solution of the self-modeling problem of the propagation of a plane shock wave in a nonhomogeneous atmosphere whose density varies exponentially (barometrically) in space. The shock wave travels in the direction of decreasing density. There is also a discussion of the self-modeling escape of a gas into a vacuum, which occurs after a shock wave departs into infinity and disappears. The data obtained can be used for an approximate description of an upper flow pattern produced by a violent explosion in a nonhomogeneous atmosphere. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0616733

Entities

People

  • Yu. P. Raizer

Organizations

  • American Meteorological Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space