# The Riemann problem for fluid flow of real materials

- Title: The Riemann problem for fluid flow of real materials
- Authors: Ralph Menikoff; Bradley J. Plohr
- Year: 1989
- DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.61.75
- arXiv ID/URL: Not yet checked
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.61.75
- Record type: journal-article
- Date searched: 2026-10-18
- Record origin: Existing project citation
- Evidence level: I: metadata verified through Crossref; role in the lesson stated; contents not read
- Access status: Metadata and abstract evidence; full-text access not verified.
- Lesson mapping: Chapter 5

## Two-sentence summary

The review treats the Riemann problem and the shock jump relations for fluids with general equations of state.
It is a theory review, and no new experiments were verified for this lesson.

## Provenance

Canonical metadata: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1103%2Frevmodphys.61.75

Venue: Reviews of Modern Physics

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## Applicability and gaps

Supports the Hugoniot construction of Chapter 5 Section 3. Used here only for the stated role; contents beyond title, authors, year and venue were not read for this lesson.

## Evidence review

- Date read: 2026-10-18
- Source read: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1103%2Frevmodphys.61.75
- Locator: Crossref record: Reviews of Modern Physics 61 (1989), authors Menikoff and Plohr