A shock-fitting primer. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Manuel D. Salas.
• Other Names: Salas, M. D
• Contents: Introduction Prelude The Curious Events Leading to the Theory of Shock Waves Early Attempts at Computing Flows with Shocks Shock-Fitting Principles The Inviscid Burgers’ Equation The One-Saw-Tooth Problem Background Numerical Schemes Mappings, Conservation Form, and Transformation Matrices Boundary Shock-Fitting Gaussian Pulse Problem Boundary Shock-Fitting Revisited Floating Shock-Fitting Detection of Shock Formation Application of Colombeau’s Generalized Functions to a Nonconservative System of Equations Fundamental Concepts and Equations Physical Problem Mathematical Formulation Explicit Form of the Equations of Motion Orthogonal Curvilinear Coordinates Differential Geometry of Singular Surfaces Finite Discontinuities Shock Wave Structure Euler Equations: One-Dimensional Problems Piston-Driven Flows Numerical Analysis of a Simple Wave Region Shock Wave Computation Quasi-One-Dimensional Flows Euler Equations: Two-Dimensional Problems The Blunt Body Problem External Conical Corners Supersonic Flow over Elliptical Wings Floating Shock-Fitting with Unstructured Grids Introduction Unstructured Grids: Preliminaries Unstructured Grid Solver Application to Euler Equations Floating Shock-Fitting Implementation Unstructured Grids Shock-Fitting Results References Appendix Index Problems appear at the end of each chapter.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 400 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 518/.6; Lagrange equations -- Numerical solutions; Differential equations, Partial -- Numerical solutions; Shock waves -- Mathematics; Fluid dynamics -- Mathematics; MATHEMATICS -- Numerical Analysis; Differential equations, Partial -- Numerical solutions; Fluid dynamics -- Mathematics; Lagrange equations -- Numerical solutions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439807590; 1439807590; 1439807582; 9781439807583
• Related ISBNs: 9781439807583
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-388) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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