Engineering Physics Annotation << Back SHOCK WAVES: FROM THERMODYNAMICS TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. PART IV VALENTINE A. BELOKOGNE The Shock Wave as a problem in the statistical thermodynamics. The problematic applicability of the temperature (as the Gibbsian ensembles parameter) for the shock structure. The fundamental role of temperature, energy, and entropy fluctuations there. Reduced description by δ-function, implozion peculiarities. Key words: shock wave front, statistical thermodynamics, canonical and microcanonical ensembles, fluctuations, energy, entropy, δ-function, implozion. Contacts: E-mail: kancelyariya@ocean.ru Pp. 08-15.