Evolution law of a weak discontinuity crossing a non characteristic shock in a non-linear dielectric medium

DOI10.1007/BF02133451zbMath0451.73097MaRDI QIDQ1148148

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Meccanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

reflection; transmission; dielectric medium; electromagnetic discontinuity wave; non-linear constitutive equation; polarized fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35L67: Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations

76L05: Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics

74F15: Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics

74M20: Impact in solid mechanics

78A40: Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory

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