Hugoniot
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hugoniot
- A surname
Derived terms
[edit]- Rankine-Hugoniot condition
- Rankine-Hugoniot equation
- Rankine-Hugoniot jump condition
- Rankine-Hugoniot relation
Noun
[edit]Hugoniot (plural Hugoniots)
- (physics) An equation invented by Pierre Henri Hugoniot; the Rankine-Hugoniot equation.
- 1967, Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 72, number 20, pages 4999–5036:
- A single-shock Hugoniot consistent with the data has been determined for the high-pressure modification of some of these rocks.