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A note on Mott-Smith's solution of the Boltzmann equation for a shock wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Akira Sakurai
Akira Sakurai
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Now at Tokyo Electrical Engineering College, Kanda, Tokyo.
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Abstract

After a Modification, the interpolation formula of Mott-Smith (1951) for the shock wave problem is found to be a solution of the Boltzmann equation at large Mach number in a finite region of molecular velocity space. This modification gives a unique determination of the shock wave thickness, removing the ambiguity for this in Mott-Smith's formula.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , December 1957 , pp. 255 - 260
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© 1957 Cambridge University Press

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References

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