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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Overdriven Supersonic Heat Waves

JD Strachan and B Ahlborn

Australian Journal of Physics 28(4) 395 - 402
Published: 1975

Abstract

If a supersonic heat wave is overtaken by a shock, either generated externally or'induced by the sudden cooling of the wave front, an overdriven heat wave is formed which is similar to an overdriven detonation. The Mach number of the overdrlven heat wave is proportional to the product of the Mach numbers of the pursuing shock and the heat wave.

https://doi.org/10.1071/PH750395

© CSIRO 1975

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