ABSTRACT
This chapter establishes the relationships for shock waves that occur in supersonic flow. First, the propagation of infinitesimal internal waves is studied, which establishes the speed of sound in a gas. It is then shown how this acoustical result is modified in the case offinite-amplitude disturbances. That is, it is shown how nonlinear effects grow to cause a shockwave to form. The remainder ofthe chapter is devoted to the study ofsteady flows involving standing shock waves.
