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Entropy and simple waves in multidimensional gas flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Lawrence E. Levine
Lawrence E. Levine
Affiliation:
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. 07030
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Abstract

It is shown that the n-dimensional simple wave flow of a perfect gas, that is, flow in which the velocity components, pressure and density depend on only one generating function, must be isentropic. This result is then employed to explain why two independent investigations of apparently different types of simple waves have led to the same results.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , September 1972 , pp. 299 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1972

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