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Strong shock propagation through decreasing density
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2006
Abstract
The acceleration of a shock wave in an ideal gas of decreasing density has previously been studied. The problem is reconsidered here with empirical inclusion of real-gas effects for strong shocks in hydrogen. Experimental results suggest that previous shock acceleration models are valid only for a limited range of the Knudsen number in finite geometries and that for large final-state Knudsen numbers a free-expansion model best describes the experimental results.
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