Focusing of a shock wave in a rarefied gas: A numerical study

Shock Waves

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-93

  Kowalczyk, P ^a   Platkowski T ^a   Walus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Focusing; Shock waves; Splitting algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386142     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930050181     Document Type: Article

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