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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 5, pp. 16–20, September–October, 1992.
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Lin, É.É., Pashchenko, É.N. & Pavelkin, V.N. Converging shock waves in media with decreasing density. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 33, 629–633 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852190
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