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Stability of shock waves

Soviet Physics Uspekhi, 1989
The progress already made in studies of the stability of shock waves and some tasks for the future are reviewed. The following aspects of the problem are discussed: 1) stability of shock waves as hydrodynamic discontinuities irrespective of the events which occur in the relaxation zone of a wave (this aspect includes also the problem of stability of a ...
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Interstellar Shock Waves

Science, 1991
An understanding of interstellar shock waves is crucial in determining the structure of the interstellar medium. By causing the gas to radiate, interstellar shocks provide astronomers with valuable diagnostics on both the physical conditions in the interstellar medium and the energy source that produced the shock.
Christopher F. McKee, Bruce T. Draine
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On the Measurement of Shock Waves

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 1987
The classic theoretical formulations of finite-amplitude distortion invariably depict continuous sinusoidal waves which develop into sawtooth or N-shaped waves. In practice, where ultrasonic wave- forms at high intensities are measured by a PVDF hydrophone con- nected to an oscilloscope, waveforms are observed with gross asym- metries between positive ...
Kevin J. Parker, E.M. Friets
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Negative shock waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1973
Negative or rarefaction shock waves may exist in single-phase fluids under certain conditions. It is necessary that a particular fluid thermodynamic quantity Γ ≡ −½δ In (δP/δν)s/δ In ν be negative: this condition appears to be met for sufficiently large specific heat, corresponding to a sufficient level of molecular complexity.
Philip A. Thompson, K. C. Lambrakis
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Attosecond Shock Waves

Physical Review Letters, 2013
Shock-wave formation is a generic scenario of wave dynamics known in nonlinear acoustics, fluid dynamics, astrophysics, seismology, and detonation physics. Here, we show that, in nonlinear optics, remarkably short, attosecond shock transients can be generated through a strongly coupled spatial and temporal dynamics of ultrashort light pulses ...
Aleksei M. Zheltikov, P. A. Zhokhov
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Shock Waves in Aerodynamics

Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1945
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A problem in shock waves

Il Nuovo Cimento, 1961
Landau andLifshitz (1959) (1) have mentioned the following result:It two (or more)successive shock waves take a gas from state 1to state 2and from there to state 3,the transition from state 1to state 3can not, in general, be effected by the passages of any one shock wave.
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On the refraction of shock waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1989
This paper discusses the refraction of plane shock waves in media with arbitrary equations of state. Previous work is reviewed briefly, then a rigorous definition of wave impedance is formulated. Earlier definitions are shown to be unsatisfactory. The impedance is combined with the boundary conditions at the media interface to study both head-on and ...
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On the structure of shock waves

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1961
The problem of shock waves is examined from the point of view of magnetohydrodynamics in the approximation that the viscosity and thermal conductivity are small, and electrical conductivity very large. Dissipative equations are developed as in magnetohydrodynamics, and shock waves are described as corresponding uniquely to conditions of stability ...
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Shock wave source

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1989
A shock wave source of the type suitable for treating calculi in the body of a patient has a shock wave tube filled with a shock wave-conducting medium which is closed at one end by a flexible cover adapted to be pressed against the patient, and closed at an opposite end by a membrane.
Matthias Mahler, Manfred Rattner
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