Numerical shock propagation using geometrical shock dynamics

DOI10.1017/S0022112086001568zbMath0602.76076MaRDI QIDQ3738787

Noel F. Smyth, Donald W. Schwendeman, William D. Henshaw

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

numerical scheme; numerical solutions; channels; walls; geometrical shock dynamics; Whitham's theory; motion of shock waves in gases; self-focusing of initially curved shockfronts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76L05: Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics

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