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= Rankine–Hugoniot conditions
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The Rankine–Hugoniot conditions are a set of mathematical conditions used in fluid dynamics and gas dynamics to describe the behavior of shock waves and discontinuities in a medium. These conditions relate the values of physical quantities (such as pressure, density, and velocity) on either side of a discontinuity, which can be a shock wave or a contact discontinuity.