Properties of the Hugoniot function
- 1 October 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 3 (05) , 531-545
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112058000173
Abstract
Differentiation of the Hugoniot function and use of the first and second laws of thermodynamics leads to the relation dH = T dS+dA, where dA is the element of area in the (p, v) plane swept out (in a counter-clockwise direction) by the line segment (p0, v0) → (p, v) as the point (p, v) is moved from some point (p1, v1) to a neighbouring point (p1+dp1, v1+dv1). This relation, together with rather general assumptions regarding the shape of the isentropic curves dS = 0 for the material behind the shock, makes possible the geometrical derivation of a number of properties of the function H and of the Hugoniot curves dH = 0.Keywords
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- Shock waves in arbitrary fluidsCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 1949