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Shock propagation into inhomogeneous media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. D. Strachan ,
J. P. Huni  and
B. Ahlborn
J. D. Strachan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
J. P. Huni
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
B. Ahlborn
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Abstract

An analytic relation is derived for the shock front velocity as a function of the initial parameters (pressure, density, and particle velocity) in a continuous, in-homogeneous medium. This relation was verified experimentally by using it to predict the propagation of a shock wave through a known rarefaction wave.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , 16 September 1970 , pp. 487 - 495
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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