Ernst Mach, who reported his discovery as early as 1878, was probably the first scientist to notice and record the reflection phenomenon of shock waves. In his ingenious experimental study, which was surveyed by Reichenbach (1983) and re-conducted by Krehl & van der Geest (1991), he recorded two different shock wave reflection configurations. The first, a two shock wave configuration is known nowadays as regular reflection, RR, and the second, a three shock wave configuration, was named after him, and is known nowadays as Mach reflection, MR.
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(2007). General Introduction. In: Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena. Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71382-1_1
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