Behaviour of a discontinuity at the wave-head propagating through a relaxing gas

DOI10.1007/BF01175813zbMath0512.76064MaRDI QIDQ1050222

J. Blot

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

one- dimensional; amplification at wave head; criteria for shock formation and focussing; diverging waves; evolution of velocity gradient discontinuity; relaxing gas; weak or strong thermodynamic equilibrium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35L67: Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations

76L05: Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics

76N15: Gas dynamics (general theory)

76Q05: Hydro- and aero-acoustics