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The structure of shock-waves in gas mixtures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Edward Goldman
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences, University of Rochester
Lawrence Sirovich
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences, University of Rochester Division of Applied Mathematics and The Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University

Abstract

The structure of shock-waves in gas mixtures is studied. The separation of component velocities and temperatures is described. Velocity overshoot is never found to exist. Other effects, namely, temperature overshoot and undershoot and velocity undershoot are shown to exist in a manner which is self-consistent with the derivation of the governing equations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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