A free boundary problem for a quasi‐linear degenerate elliptic equation: Regular reflection of weak shocks
A free boundary problem for a quasi‐linear degenerate elliptic equation: Regular reflection of weak shocks
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DOI:
10.1002/cpa.10013
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发表时间:
2002-01
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3
通讯作者:
S. Čanić;B. Keyfitz;Eun Heui Kim
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作者:
S. Čanić;B. Keyfitz;Eun Heui Kim
We prove the existence of a solution to the weak regular reflection problem for the unsteady transonic small disturbance (UTSD) model for shock reflection by a wedge. In weak regular reflection, the state immediately behind the reflected shock is supersonic and constant. The flow becomes subsonic further downstream; the equation in self‐similar coordinates is degenerate at the sonic line. The reflected shock becomes transonic and begins to curve there; its position is the solution to a free boundary problem for the degenerate equation. Using the Rankine‐Hugoniot conditions along the reflected shock, we derive an evolution equation for the transonic shock, and an oblique derivative boundary condition at the unknown shock position. By regularizing the degenerate problem, we construct uniform bounds; we apply local compactness arguments to extract a limit that solves the problem. The solution is smooth in the interior and continuous up to the degenerate boundary.