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The focusing of shock waves in gases has been studied intensively by many researchers [16]. It represents, typically in the case of moderate and strong shock waves, the gas dynamic nonlinearity; hence the ratio of peak to initial pressures at focal points can never increase to infinity, whereas in the case of very weak shock waves it does tend towards infinity [13].
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Takayama, K. (2003). Focusing of Shock Waves and Their Applications to Medicine. In: Srivastava, R.C., Leutloff, D., Takayama, K., Grönig, H. (eds) Shock Focussing Effect in Medical Science and Sonoluminescence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05161-0_6
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