Radon measure solutions for steady compressible Euler equations of hypersonic-limit conical flows and Newton's sine-squared law (Q1986515)

In the present work, the authors' investigations are focused on a special type of uniform upcoming supersonic flowing about a straight cone with a general cross-section and with an attacking angle. The mathematical problem is formulated as a problem on the hypersonic limit of three-dimensional steady uniform non-isentropic compressible Euler flows of polytrophic gases flowing about the above-mentioned cone, that is to study Radon measure solutions of a nonlinear hyperbolic system of conservation laws on the unit 2-sphere. The construction of a measure solution with density containing Dirac measures supported on the surface of the cone is reduced to the problem of finding a regular periodic solution of highly nonlinear and singular ordinary differential equations. For a circular cone with zero attack angle, the authors prove the Newton's sine-squared flow law by obtaining such a measure solution.