Abstract
The validity of various solutions for the vibrational relaxation region in shock-waves, and of the assumptions on which they are based, has been assesed by comparison with an exact solution obtained by numerical integration of the relaxation equation, and also by use of the Rayleigh-line equations. Estimates of errors in the values of the relaxation frequency, determined by means of these solutions, are given.

This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit: