Transonic shock solutions of the steady Euler flow in quasi-one-dimensional convergent nozzles (Q6049925)

The authors consider a model of gas flow in a nozzle. A nozzle is quasi-one-dimensional, i.e., there is a single spatial variable and a cross-section area function \(a(x)\). The nozzle is convergent, thus \(a'<0\). Also \(a\) is assumed to be in \(C^1\) class at a segment. The steady Euler system describes the flow. Variables include velocity, density, pressure, and enthalpy. The gas is polytropic. Boundary conditions set velocity, density, and enthalpy at the left end and pressure at the right end. Also, incoming flow is supersonic. The authors focus on existence and uniqueness of transonic shock solutions. The main result defines a critical nozzle length: for shorter nozzles there is a range of exit pressures such that there exists a unique transonic shock solution for any pressure from the range. The position of the transonic shock monotonically depends on the exit pressure.