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In this paper, we prove the local existence, uniqueness and stability of a supersonic shock for the supersonic isothermal incoming flow past a curved cone. Major difficulties include constructing an appropriate solution and treating the Neumann boundary conditions and local stability condition.
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This work was supported by Scientific Research Fund of Nanjing Institute of Technology (Grant No. YKJ201339), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11371189 and 11101190) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. The author expresses his gratitude to Professor Yin Huicheng, Nanjing University, for suggesting the problem and giving many instructions. The author also thanks associate Professor Li Jun, Nanjing University, for his valuable suggestions.
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Li, Y. Local well-posedness of a multidimensional shock wave for the steady supersonic isothermal flow. Sci. China Math. 61, 453–486 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-015-0229-x
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Keywords
- steady potential equation
- isothermal gas
- supersonic flow
- multidimensional conic shock
- local well-posedness
- local stability condition