Pairwise wave interactions in ideal polytropic gases

DOI10.1007/S00205-012-0497-4zbMATH Open1287.76159arXiv1105.0230OpenAlexW2045210114MaRDI QIDQ2276313FDOQ2276313

Helge Kristian Jenssen, Erik E. Endres, Geng Chen

Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the problem of resolving all pairwise interactions of shock waves, contact waves, and rarefaction waves in 1-dimensional flow of an ideal polytropic gas. Resolving an interaction means here to determine the types of the three outgoing (backward, contact, and forward) waves in the Riemann problem defined by the extreme left and right states of the two incoming waves, together with possible vacuum formation. This problem has been considered by several authors and turns out to be surprisingly involved. For each type of interaction (head-on, involving a contact, or overtaking) the outcome depends on the strengths of the incoming waves. In the case of overtaking waves the type of the reflected wave also depends on the value of the adiabatic constant. Our analysis provides a complete breakdown and gives the exact outcome of each interaction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0230

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemann problemshock waverarefaction wavecontact wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Existence, uniqueness, and regularity theory for compressible fluids and gas dynamics (76N10) Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05)

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