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Accession Number:
AD0670588
Title:
ON THE EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS TO CERTAIN SHOCK-WAVE MODELS.
Corporate Author:
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INC CAMBRIDGE MASS
Report Date:
1968-03-27
Abstract:
The differential equations of two models for the profile of a steady and plane shock wave in a gaseous medium are studied. The first model deals with the case of a neutral gas. It is shown that it possesses an infinity of solutions depending upon two arbitrary parameters. In the second model, the medium is a fully ionized hydrogen plasma. The only positive result obtained is that the topological nature of the relevant singular points in the differential equations allows for the existence of a solution. Whether a solution does exist and is unique is a difficult problem whose solution will require more work, both theoretical and numerical. Author
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 14 Oct 66-15 Oct 67,
Pages:
0055
Contract Number:
F19628-67-C-0057
File Size:
0.00MB
