Abstract
The structure of a normal shock wave is calculated on the basis of the hydrodynamics of fast processes [A. D. Khonkin, Fluid Mech. Sov. Res. 9, 93 (1980)] to investigate the validity of the theory for this classical problem. The analysis shows that the theory predicts the continuous shock profile to exist only for M≤1.27. The shock thicknesses and the asymmetry factors resulting from the Mott-Smith method, the Navier–Stokes and the Burnett equations, and also from the experiments and simulations are compared to the present results for a gas of Maxwell molecules.
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