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Negative shock waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. A. Thompson and
K. C. Lambrakis
P. A. Thompson
Affiliation:
Division of Fluid, Chemical and Thermal Processes, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
K. C. Lambrakis
Affiliation:
Division of Fluid, Chemical and Thermal Processes, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
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Abstract

Negative or rarefaction shock waves may exist in single-phase fluids under certain conditions. It is necessary that a particular fluid thermodynamic quantity Γ ≡ −½δ In (δP/δν)s/δ In ν be negative: this condition appears to be met for sufficiently large specific heat, corresponding to a sufficient level of molecular complexity. The dynamic formation and evolution of a negative shock is treated, as well as its properties. Such shocks satisfy stability conditions and have a positive, though small, entropy jump. The viscous shock structure is found from an approximate continuum model. Possible experimental difficulties in the laboratory production of negative shocks are briefly discussed.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , 21 August 1973, pp. 187 - 208
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© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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