Propagation and reflection of plane shockwaves in dusty gases

A numerical method for approximate solution of problems of non-steady gas flow, developed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories, has been extended to describe the motion of shockwaves in dust-laden gases. To test the method, solutions for propagation and normal reflection of plane shockwaves are compared with solutions obtained by using a numerical integration process coupled with the method of characteristics. Correspondence between the solutions is sufficiently close for the numerical technique to be applied with confidence to systems with complex geometry which are intractable by more conventional means of analysis.