A note on Mott-Smith's solution of the Boltzmann equation for a shock wave
- 1 October 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 3 (3) , 255-260
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112057000622
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.Keywords
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- The Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for a Shock WavePhysical Review B, 1951