Shock wave propagation and admissibility criteria in a nonlinear dielectric medium

DOI10.1007/BF01176289zbMath0829.73060MaRDI QIDQ1898033

Leonardo Seccia

Publication date: 17 January 1996

Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

isotropic medium; Lax conditions; entropy growth condition; reflection and transmission criterion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35L67: Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations

74F15: Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics

74M20: Impact in solid mechanics

78A40: Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory

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