Open AccessTwo-Dimensional Diverging Shocks in a Nonuniform Medium
Author(s) -
R.A. Axford
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1195
Subject(s) - shock (circulatory) , physics , equation of state , shock wave , state (computer science) , classical mechanics , mechanics , mathematical physics , geometry , mathematical analysis , statistical physics , mathematics , thermodynamics , medicine , algorithm
An analytic solution is derived from the time evolution of a two- dimensional diverging shock in r - z geometry. The shock propagates through a condensed medium characterized by a Mie-Gruneisen equation of state with a nonzero density gradient in the axial direction
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