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Energy Equation

The above basic equations (A.3) and (A.10) or equations (A.7) and (A.11) contain three dependent variables $\rho$, $p$, and v. The number of the variables, 3, is larger than the number of equations, 2. Therefore, an extra equation is needed to close the basic equations.



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Kohji Tomisaka 2007-07-08