Shock formation in the presence of entropy gradients

DOI10.1017/S0022112000003104zbMath0979.76042OpenAlexW2125651214MaRDI QIDQ2710574

Hao Lin, Andrew J. Szeri

Publication date: 21 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000003104

zbMATH Keywords

wave front expansioncompression waveanalytical criterion for shock formationentropy gradientsnon-homentropic flow field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05)

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