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SUMMARY:Weak shock diffraction - Hunter\, JK (University of California\, D
 avis)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Co-author: Allen Tesdall (CUNY) \n\nWe study the diffraction o
 f a weak\, self-similar shock in two space dimensions near a point where i
 ts shock strength approaches zero and the shock turns continuously into an
  expansion wavefront. For example\, this happened when a weak shock hits a
  semi-infinite screen. The local asymptotic solution satisfies the unstead
 y transonic small disturbance equation. We also consider a related half-sp
 ace problem where a shock whose strength approaches zero reflects off a ``
 soft'' boundary. Numerical solutions show a complex reflection pattern sim
 ilar to one that occurs in the Guderley Mach reflection of weak shocks.\n\
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LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Newton Institute Gatehouse
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