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A Note on the Thin-Shock-Layer Approximation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

R Hillier
Affiliation:
Imperial College
B A Woods
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Summary

This Note proposes a restriction on possible solution procedures for thin-shock-layer theory. This restriction has been widely violated in solutions presented hitherto, although with negligible error apparently. Those cases are indicated where failure to apply the restriction leads to definite errors.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1977

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