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The balance of material momentum at a shock wave propagating in a thermo‐elastic material
Author(s) -
Braun Manfred
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200700492
Subject(s) - adiabatic process , discontinuity (linguistics) , momentum (technical analysis) , shock wave , balance (ability) , jump , shock (circulatory) , energy–momentum relation , mechanics , energy balance , physics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , economics , quantum mechanics , medicine , finance , physical medicine and rehabilitation
At a surface of discontinuity, the mechanical balance laws are represented by jump conditions. It is shown how the balance of material momentum at an adiabatic shock propagating in a thermo‐elastic material is obtained from the discontinuous balances of physical momentum and energy. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)