Shock Waves & Explosions

Zusatztext "The historical treatment of the subject is! in my opinion! extremely interesting and at U.S. $100 the book is well worth reading." - SIAM Review "The mathematics of explosions has spawned many original ideas in the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations! and this book shows that it remains a very fruitful topic of study and research."-Zentralblatt MATH Informationen zum Autor Sachdev! P.L. Klappentext Understanding the causes and effects of explosions is important to experts in a broad range of disciplines! including the military! industrial and environmental research! aeronautic engineering! and applied mathematics. Offering an introductory review of historic research! this book brings analytical and computational methods. Zusammenfassung Understanding the causes and effects of explosions is important to experts in a broad range of disciplines, including the military, industrial and environmental research, aeronautic engineering, and applied mathematics. Offering an introductory review of historic research, this book brings analytical and computational methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The Piston Problem. The Blast Wave. Shock Propagation Theories--Some Initial Studies. Some Exact Analytic Solutions of Gasdynamic Equations Involving Shocks. Converging Shock Waves. Spherical Bast Waves Produced by Sudden Expansion of a High Pressure Gas. Numerical Simulation of Blast Waves.

Product details

• Authors: Haim Brezis, P. L. Sachdev, P.L. Sachdev, P.l. (Indian Institute of Science Sachdev
• Assisted by: Haim Brezis (Editor of the series), Alan Jeffrey (Editor of the series), P.L. Sachdev (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2004
• EAN: 9781584884224
• ISBN: 978-1-58488-422-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics; Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics; MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics