Abstract
The method of characteristics is used to calculate numerical solutions for the one-dimensional motion of a plane shock-wave through a stationary gas which contains a region of non-uniform density. These solutions are compared with those given by the Chisnell-Whitham approach which ignores the effects on the shock-wave of the disturbances which are generated in the flow behind it, and also with the asymptotic solution given by the simple theory which regards the nonuniform region as a contact-surface discontinuity. It is concluded that the results of the simplified theories must be applied with caution.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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