Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The propagation of shock and detonation waves through non-uniform dense stellar material was numerically followed by characteristics. A number of computations were performed for various initial shock strengths for cases in which burning of materials was and was not present . For cases in which burning was included, an analytic expression for the burning of carbon was used. From such computations it was concluded that: (1) due to the divergent nature of spherical systems and the subsequent decay of shocks (for a region sufficiently close to the center of the star) it may not be possible for the shock to support a steady detonation and (2) after reaching a minimum strength, the shock may again accelerate, thus forming a new detonation wave.

Extent

80 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identifier

FADT13672

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