Mach reflection

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Mach reflection [′mäk ri‚flek·shən]

(fluid mechanics)

The reflection of a shock wave from a rigid wall in which the shock strength of the reflected wave and the angle of reflection both have the smaller of the two values which are theoretically possible.

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