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Vol 6 - Landau+Lifschitz - Fluid Mechanics
· Problem 89.1
SHOCK WAVES
Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · shock-waves-polytropic-gas
Problem
Derive the formula
v
1
v
2
=
c
∗
2
v_1 v_2 = c_*^2
v
1
v
2
=
c
∗
2
, where
c
∗
c_*
c
∗
is the critical velocity (L. Prandtl).
Related theory
Shock Waves And Compressible Flow
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