On the eigenvalue problem of imploding shock waves

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-166

  Hirschler, T ^a   Gretler, W ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adiabatic solution; Approximation method; Eigenvalue problem; Imploding shock waves; Numerical results; Perfect gas; Singularities; Spherical and cylindrical geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530959     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001537     Document Type: Article

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