Controlling the form of strong converging shocks by means of disturbances

Shock Waves

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Eliasson, V ^a   Apazidis, N ^a   Tillmark, N ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annular shock tube; Imploding shock; Shock focusing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547906425     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00193-007-0087-9     Document Type: Article

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