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The reflection of a wave of finite amplitude from a curvilinear unsteady shock wave has been analyzed. A formula connecting reflected wave parameters with that of the incident wave, curvature and shock wave intensity has been obtained in closed form.
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Original Russian Text © E.S. Grishechkin, F.V. Shugaev, 2010, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Fizika, 2010, No. 1, pp. 28–30.
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Grishechkin, E.S., Shugaev, F.V. The reflection of a finite amplitude wave from a curvilinear unsteady shock wave. Moscow Univ. Phys. 65, 27–29 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027134910010066
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