Propagation of curved shock fronts using shock ray theory and comparison with other theories

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 523, Issue , 2005, Pages 171-198

  Baskar, S ^a   Prasad, Phoolan ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOMETRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PISTONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EULER SOLUTIONS; GEOMETRICAL SHOCK DYNAMICS (GSD); NONLINEAR WAVES; SHOCK RAY THEORY (SRT);

SHOCK WAVES;

PISTON; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 13844270857     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004001910     Document Type: Article

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