Piston problems of two-dimensional Chaplygin gas (Q2286232)

The authors consider the spatially two-dimensional piston problem for the isentropic Chaplygin gas. The piston is sharp, with straight edges (an angle) and slip boundary condition on the edges. The velocity of the piston is constant. Initial data are scaling-invariant. By the self-similarity transformation, the system is reduced to a 2D system. The authors prove existence of a piecewise smooth solution, describe the behaviour of the shocks depending on the Mach number for the piston moving into the gas, and the behaviour of the rarefaction waves and shocks for the piston moving out of the gas.