Classic papers in shock compression science

by Chéret, Roger Johnson, James N.

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Title Statements

Full title :Classic papers in shock compression science / James N. Johnson, Roger Chéret, editors.

Summary

This collection of basic papers in shock compression science makes available not only some of the most important classic papers on shock waves by Poisson, Rankine, Earnshaw, Riemann, and Hugoniot, which remain important references, but also includes two path-breaking papers from the 1940s on shocks in solids and fluids by theorists Bethe and Weyl, as well as works by Taylor and Rayleigh that bridge the gap between the early and recent periods. Although the ideas and results of these classic papers remain of current interest, many of them have been hard to find, since the journals in which they were published are not available in many libraries. In addition, papers written in French and German have been translated by the editors to make them accessible to a wider audience. This collection is thus not only a valuable historical resource but also a vital reference for those working in the field.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 524 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0387984100, 9780387984100
oclc:ocm37955513
LC Classification:QC173.4.C65
Dewey Decimal:531/.33

A Paper on the Theory of Sound / Simeon-Denis Poisson -- On a Difficulty in the Theory of Sound / G. G. Stokes -- On the Mathematical Theory of Sound / Rev. S. Earnshaw -- The Propagation of Planar Air Waves of Finite Amplitude / B. Riemann -- On the Thermodynamic Theory of Waves of Finite Longitudinal Disturbance / W. J. Macquorn Rankine -- The Life and Work of Pierre Henri Hugoniot / R. Cheret -- On the Propagation of Motion in Bodies and in Perfect Gases in Particular -- I / H. Hugoniot -- On the Propagation of Motion in Bodies and in Perfect Gases in Particular -- II / H. Hugoniot -- Aerial Plane Waves of Finite Amplitude / Lord Rayleigh -- The Conditions Necessary for Discontinuous Motion in Gases / G. I. Taylor -- On the Theory of Shock Waves for an Arbitrary Equation of State / H. A. Bethe -- Shock Waves in Arbitrary Fluids / Hermann Weyl.