Singular perturbations in one-dimensional unsteady motion of a real gas : PMM vol. 39, n 6, 1975, pp. 1051–1059

Navier-Stokes equations for one-dimensional motion of gas are reduced to a special dimensionless form convenient for investigations involving a perturbation front. In new variables the transition from limit conditions of motion of an inviscid non-heat-conducting gas to the case of small but finite coefficients of viscosity and thermal conductivity, which is simulated by a perfect gas with singular perturbations induced by the indicated dissipative factors. We establish the inevitability of existence of two regions of singular perturbations, the neighborhood of the perturbation front and that of the point (line, surface) where the investigated motion is generated. The derivation of equations for both boundary layers, which is valid for a fairly general statement of problems of this kind, is presented and conditions of merging with the external (adiabatic) flow are formulated. Examples of computation of motion in boundary layers in problems of piston and point explosion are presented.