Abstract
The problem of two-dimensional steady hypersonic flow past a slender body is formulated for dispersive media. It is shown that for the hypersonic flow, the original 2+0 boundary-value problem is asymptotically equivalent to the 1+1 piston problem for the fully nonlinear flow in the same physical system, which allows one to take advantage of the analytic methods developed for one-dimensional systems. This type of equivalence, well known in ideal Euler gas dynamics, has not been established for dispersive hydrodynamics so far. Two examples pertaining to collisionless plasma dynamics are considered.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 334-340 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
Volume | 333 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
Early online date | 12 Oct 2004 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dispersive shock
- Hypersonic flow
- Nonlinear flow past body