Reese, J. M.; Woods, L. C.; Thivet, F. J. P.; Candel, S. M. A second-order description of shock structure. (English) Zbl 0823.76055 J. Comput. Phys. 117, No. 2, 240-250 (1995). A second-order theory is used to describe shock wave structures. The equations obtained are solved using an original finite difference global scheme, which relies on a discretized version of the governing equations and boundary conditions, and on a global Newton iteration procedure. The results obtained in one dimension with exact and simplified fluxes are close to experimental measurements of the shock thickness in a monatomic gas for upstream Mach numbers below 10. Reviewer: V.A.Sava (Iaşi) Cited in 14 Documents MSC: 76M20 Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics 76L05 Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics Keywords:global Newton iteration procedure; shock thickness; monatomic gas PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. M. Reese} et al., J. Comput. Phys. 117, No. 2, 240--250 (1995; Zbl 0823.76055) Full Text: DOI