 Normal shock tables (source code)

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= Normal shock tables
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Normal shock tables tabulate upstream-to-downstream property ratios for a <normal shock wave>, typically as functions of upstream <Mach number> and <heat capacity ratio>. They encode the <Rankine-Hugoniot conditions for a perfect gas> rather than defining the discontinuity itself.

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