Behaviour of a discontinuity at the wave-head propagating through a relaxing gas

DOI10.1007/BF01175813zbMath0512.76064MaRDI QIDQ1050222

J. Blot

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

one- dimensionalamplification at wave headcriteria for shock formation and focussingdiverging wavesevolution of velocity gradient discontinuityrelaxing gasweak or strong thermodynamic equilibrium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05) Gas dynamics (general theory) (76N15) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05)

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