Introduction to simple shock waves in air : with numerical solutions using artificial viscosity / Seán Prunty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prunty, Seán, author.

Series:

Shock wave and high pressure phenomena

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shock waves.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second edition.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"This book provides an elementary introduction to one-dimensional fluid flow problems involving shock waves in air. The differential equations of fluid flow are approximated by finite difference equations and these in turn are numerically integrated in a stepwise manner, with artificial viscosity introduced into the numerical calculations in order to deal with shocks. This treatment of the subject is focused on the finite-difference approach to solve the coupled differential equations of fluid flow and presents the results arising from the numerical solution using Mathcad programming. Both plane and spherical shock waves are discussed with particular emphasis on very strong explosive shocks in air. This expanded second edition features substantial new material on sound wave parameters, Riemann's method for numerical integration of the equations of motion, approximate analytical expressions for weak shock waves, short duration piston motion, numerical results for shock wave interactions, and new appendices on the piston withdrawal problem and numerical results for a closed shock tube.This text will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals in shock wave research and related fields. Students in particular will appreciate the benefits of numerical methods in fluid mechanics and the level of presentation."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Brief outline of the equations of fluid flow

Chapter 2. Waves of finite amplitude

Chapter 3. Conditions across the shock: the Rankine-Hugoniot equations

Chapter 4. Numerical treatment of plane shocks

Chapter 5. Spherical shock waves: the self-similar solution

Chapter 6. Numerical treatment of spherical shock waves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2021).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9783030636067

3030636062

OCLC:

1232456352

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