Shock-wave structure based on the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations.

Uribe, F J; Velasco, R M · Phys Rev E · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We use the Navier-Stokes-Fourier constitutive equations to study plane shock waves in dilute gases. It is shown that the experimental information on the normalized density profiles can be fit by using the so-called soft sphere model, in which the viscosity and thermal conductivity are proportional to a power of the temperature.