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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
Localized phase transitions, as well as shock waves, can be modeled by material discontinuities satisfying appropriate jump conditions. One can show that the classical system of Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions is incomplete in the case of subsonic phase boundaries. The supplementary condition which generalizes the condition of phase equilibrium, can be obtained from the traveling wave solution of the truly dynamic system of equations describing the interface structure.