Fig. 4.67 Piston velocity (a) and piston position (b) as a function of time for generating the
colliding shock waves. For the numerical procedure the following parameters apply; γ ¼ 1.4,
κ ¼ 1.5, Δx ¼ 0.4 and Δt ¼ 0.04 (see text)
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