The Viscosity-Capillarity Admissibility Criterion for Shocks and Phase Transitions.

Abstract

This paper considers admissibility criteria for non-linear conservation laws based on (i) viscosity and (ii) capillarity and viscosity. It is shown by means of specific examples that while (ii) yields results consistent with experiment for materials exhibiting phase transitions, e.g. a van der Waals fluid, (i) does not.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA120988

Entities

People

  • M. Slemrod
  • R. Hagan

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Capillarity
  • Cauchy Problem
  • Equations
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Mathematics
  • Phase Transformations
  • Scientific Research
  • Shock Waves
  • Transitions
  • Traveling Waves
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Waves

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