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Kompaneets model for a thermal wave

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The velocity of the leading edge of a thermal (heat) wave increases exponentially if the density of the gas in front of the leading edge of the wave falls in accordance with a similar law. When the wave propagates in a nonuniform atmosphere the shape of the leading edge may deviate from spherical and ultimately the thermal wave may “break through” the atmosphere.

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    G. V. Fedorovich

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 163–165, January–February, 1974.

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Fedorovich, G.V. Kompaneets model for a thermal wave. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 15, 134–136 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850744

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