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Isothermal shock waves in uniform atmospheres

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Similarity solutions describing the isothermal flow of a perfect gas behind shock waves are investigated for spherical symmetry. The flow is caused by a propelling contact surface (or expanding piston) and its total energy increases as a power of the time. The shock is propagating in a medium at rest with a uniform density.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, S.G.R. Postgraduate College Dobhi, Jaunpur, India

    J. B. Singh & K. S. Singh

  2. Computer Centre, I.I.T., Kanpur, U.P., India

    K. S. Singh

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Singh, J.B., Singh, K.S. Isothermal shock waves in uniform atmospheres. Astrophys Space Sci 106, 47–51 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653913

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