Caustics of weak shock waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 206-222

  Rosales, Rodolfo R ^a   Tabak, Esteban G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

CAUSTIC POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEMS; CAUSTICS; EIKONAL EQUATION; NORMAL CAUSTIC COORDINATE SYSTEM; OBLIQUE SHOCK REFLECTION;

SHOCK WAVES;

EXPANSION; SHOCK WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CAUSTICS; EXPANSION; SHOCK WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031863918     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869559     Document Type: Article

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