Shock wave focusing can lead to extreme thermodynamic conditions, and applications have been extended to a variety of areas such as civil engineering and medica

One of the main reasons for continuing interest in shock focusing is its ability to concentrate energy in a small volume and produce extreme temperatures and pr

This book was written as a graduate student course--Shock Dynamics. Up to now, the first author has taught this course to the graduate students in the field of

This book is aimed to make careful analysis to various mathematical problems derived from shock reflection by using the theory of partial differential equations

Working knowledge of the relations of various quantities and their derivatives across a shock wave is useful for any advanced research involving shock waves. Al