Propagation of shock waves in an isentropic, nonviscous gas

• DOI: 10.1007/bf01084111
• Publication Date: 2005-02-02T04:55:48Z
• Authors: V. P. Maslov
• Keywords: 0101 mathematics; 01 natural sciences

A new method is considered for constructing the dynamics of motion of a shock front moving with speed close to that of sound in a nonviscous, isentropic gas. The algorithm for constructing the solution reduces to the problem of successively solving systems of ordinary differential equations which provides considerable economy as compared with the known method of difference schemes for computer calculations.