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Old   August 4, 2008, 12:10
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What is stationary discontinuity how is it different from contacts and shocks
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Old   August 4, 2008, 12:13
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A stationary shock is one example of a stationary discontinuity. Since shocks and contact surfaces can be moving through a fluid, the 'stationary' descriptor is prepended to denote the type of discontinuity being referenced. This also applies to other types of discontinuities.
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Old   August 4, 2008, 12:19
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Since the classical laws of physics must be Galilean invariant, we can use any uniformly moving reference frame to describe the physical phenomenon. How does one define a stationary discontinuity in that case ?
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Old   August 4, 2008, 13:33
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Stationary is a name then.

What about if this discontinuity is a contact wave i.e. one eigenvalue for a system of conservation laws is it still a stationary discontinuity then?

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Old   August 4, 2008, 15:42
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Generally no. The eigenvalue typically corresponds to the speed of the discontinuity.
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