Focusing of weak shock waves in confined axisymmetric chambers
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Focusing of weak shock waves in confined axisymmetric chambers
zbMATH Open document ID: 0797.76039
DOI: 10.1007/BF01414714
author: N. Apazidis
published in: Shock Waves
publication date: 1994-04-17T00:00:00Z
review text: Weak shock wave focusing process in an axisymmetric chamber of elliptic or parabolic cross-section is studied. In the elliptic case, a spherical shock wave of constant strength generated at one of the focal points will reflect at the chamber wall and converge on a spherical region around the second focus of the chamber. In the parabolic case, a plane shock wave of constant intensity will after the reflection at the chamber wall transform to a spherical shock with non-homogeneous pressure distribution. Alternatively, a spherical shock of constant intensity generated at the focus of the parabolic chamber will after the reflection transform to a plane shock wave with non-homogeneous pressure distribution propagating outwards from the chamber.
reviewed by: Walter Wuest
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76L05
zbMATH DE Number: 528953
zbMATH Keywords: elliptic cross-section
zbMATH Keywords: parabolic cross-section
zbMATH Keywords: spherical shock wave
zbMATH Keywords: focus
zbMATH Keywords: plane shock wave
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01414714
OpenAlex ID: W2058922142
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 528953