Spatial interaction of strong discontinuities in a gas (Q1092753)

The spatial problem of the interaction of curved fronts of strong discontinuities during collision is examined for the system of gas- dynamic equations. In the case of regular interaction, an algorithm is indicated for the construction, and the existence of a piecewise-analytic solution of the problem in an exact formulation is proved. The series governing the solution converge in a certain neighbourhood of a two- dimensional surface \(\gamma_ 0\) in the space \(R^ 4(x,t)\), which is the intersection of surfaces of interacting discontinuities. It is shown that the solution cannot be piecewise-analytic in the neighbourhood of those points of \(\gamma_ 0\) for which the normal velocity of the curve \(\gamma_{0t}\) with respect to the gas (a section through \(\gamma_ 0\) by the plane \(t=const)\) is subsonic.