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Blast wave propagation in an inhomogeneous atmosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. L. Sachdev
P. L. Sachdev
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Toronto
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Abstract

The Brinkley–Kirkwood theory (1947) is modified to determine the law of propagation of a blast wave in an arbitrary inhomogeneous medium for spherically and cylindrically symmetric cases. The shock path is obtained in terms of a simple quadrature. The numerical results for the shock path and the entire flow region behind the shock, propagating in an exponential atmosphere, show excellent agreement with the exact numerical solution.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , 29 December 1971 , pp. 669 - 674
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© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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