Transformation and some solutions of the equations of motion of an ideal gas

The equations of one-dimensional and plane steady adiabatic motion of an ideal gas are transformed to a new form in which the role of the independent variables are played by the stream function and the function introduced by Martin 1, 2], It is shown that the function retains a constant value on a strong shock wave (and on a strong shock for plane flows). For one-dimensional isentropic motions the resulting transformation permits new exact solutions to be obtained from the exact solutions of the equations of motion. It is shown also that the one-dimensional motions of an ideal gas with the equation of state p=f(t) and the one-dimensional adiabatic motions of a gas for which p=f() are equivalent (t is time, is the stream function). It is shown that if k=s=–1, m and n are arbitrary (m+n0) and =1, the general solution of the system of equations which is fundamental in the theory of one-dimensional adiabatic self-similar motions 3] is found in parametric form with the aid of quadratures. Plane adiabatic motions of an ideal gas having the property that the pressure depends only on a single geometric coordinate are studied.