| Abstract: | The results of Raizer [1], Hays [2], and Chernous'ko [3] are generalized to-the case of self-similar propagation of shock waves in a gas with exponentially varying density and constant pressure. A solution is found by the method of successive approximations. The zero-order approximation coincides with the Whitham method [4]. The first-order approximation is in good agreement with numerical calculations in [2]. The non-selfsimilar motion of a weak shock wave is investigated in the framework of linear theory.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 48–54, November–December, 1970. |
