Hugoniot

English

Proper noun

Hugoniot

1. A surname

Derived terms

• Rankine-Hugoniot condition
• Rankine-Hugoniot equation
• Rankine-Hugoniot jump condition
• Rankine-Hugoniot relation

Noun

Hugoniot (plural Hugoniots)

1. (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.