Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The shock-tube problem has served as a popular test for numerical hydrodynamics codes. The development of relativistic hydrodynamics codes has created a need for a similar test problem in relativistic hydrodynamics. The analytical solution to the special relativistic shock-tube problem is presented here. The relativistic shock-jump conditions and rarefaction solution which make up the shock tube are derived. The Newtonian limit of the calculations is given throughout.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (ISSN 0022-1120); 171; 365-375
Format:
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