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The shock-expansion method and Whitham's rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Wilbert Lick
Wilbert Lick
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Abstract

The assumptions of the shock-expansion method are re-examined. Although the shock-expansion method and Whitham's rule are used to treat two different classes of problems, certain similarities between these two methods are noted. It is suggested that a single procedure leads to solutions for the entire flow field for both classes of problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , May 1966 , pp. 179 - 184
Copyright
© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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