Limitation in velocity of converging shock wave

The commonly applied self-similar solution of the problem of the converging shock wave (shock) evolution with constant compression of the medium behind the shock front results in the unlimited increase of the medium velocity in the vicinity of the implosion. In this paper, the convergence of cylindrical shocks in water is analyzed using the mass conservation law, when the water compression behind the shock front is a variable. The model predicts a finite range of radii, which depends on the adiabatic index of water and where the increase in pressure exceeds the sum of the change of the kinetic and internal energy densities behind the shock front. In this range of radii only finite increase of the shock and water flow velocities is realized.