Geometrical and diffusive effects in nonlinear acoustic propagation over long ranges

DOI10.1098/rsta.1986.0103zbMath0617.76092OpenAlexW2119872970MaRDI QIDQ3754355

David G. Crighton, Jonathan J. C. Nimmo

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1986.0103

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solutionmatched asymptotic expansionsshock frontdiffusive effectsgeneralized Burgers' equationnonlinear acoustic propagation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application (35Q99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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