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<DOCNO>
1140
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<TITLE>
shock-standoff distance for spherical bodies at high
mach numbers .
</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>
chaudhury,p.r.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
j. ae. scs. 29, 1962, 745.
</BIBLIO>
<TEXT>
  usaf-sponsored development of a simple expression for shockstandoff
distance, by consideration of an apropriate specific-heat
ratio behind the shock .  the theory gives predictions which are almost
as accurate as those of the van dyke and hays methods .
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</DOC>
