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Comparison of exact and approximate methods for analysing vibrational relaxation regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

P. A. Blythe
P. A. Blythe
Affiliation:
Department of the Mechanics of Fluids, The University of Manchester
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Abstract

The validity of various solutions for the vibrational relaxation region in shock-waves, and of the assumptions on which they are based, has been assesed by comparison with an exact solution obtained by numerical integration of the relaxation equation, and also by use of the Rayleigh-line equations. Estimates of errors in the values of the relaxation frequency, determined by means of these solutions, are given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1961 , pp. 33 - 47
Copyright
© 1961 Cambridge University Press

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