 Piston-driven shock with specific-heat ratio three

ID: piston-driven-shock-with-specific-heat-ratio-three

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03

If a shock travels into stationary gas at speed

V

while the downstream piston and gas travel at

V /3

, then for

γ = 3

\frac{ρ _{1}}{ρ _{0}} = \frac{3}{2}, \frac{p _{1}}{p _{0}} = 4, V = 3 \frac{p _{0}}{ρ _{0}} .

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