Construction of a self-similar solution to the system of gas dynamics equations describing the outflow of polytropic gas into vacuum from an inclined wall in the inconsistent case

The present paper is devoted to an initial-boundary value problem for the system of gas dynamics equations in the formulation of the characteristic Cauchy problem of standard form, which describes, at t>0, the expansion of a polytropic gas into vacuum on an inclined wall in the space of physical self-similar variables ξ=x/t, η=y/t, and at t<0, strong compression of gas in the prismatic volume.
The solution of the initial-boundary value problem is constructed in the form of series of functions c(ξ,ϑ), u(ξ,ϑ) and v(ξ,ϑ) with powers ϑ, where ϑ is the known function of independent variables. Finding the unknown coefficients c₁(ξ), u₁(ξ) and v₁(ξ) of the series of functions c(ξ,ϑ), u(ξ,ϑ) and v(ξ,ϑ) is reduced to solving the transport equation for the coefficient c₁(ξ).
The study deals with construction of an analytical solution of the transport equation for the coefficient c₁(ξ) of the solution of the system of gas dynamics equations, which describes the isentropic outflow of a polytropic gas from an inclined wall, in the general inconsistent case, when \tg²α≠(γ+1)/(3−γ). When γ=5/3, which is the case of hydrogen, an analytical solution of the transport equation is constructed for the coefficient c₁(ξ) in explicit form for the first time.
The obtained solution has been applied to the description of the compression of a special prismatic volume, which is a regular triangle in cross section. The specific feature of the obtained solution c₁(ξ) indicated in the article is that the value c₁→∞ as ξ→ξ_∗, where the value ξ_∗ is given by the equation c0(ξ_∗)=3.9564. It is concluded that at the sound characteristic, which is the interface between the flows of centered and double wave types, a gradient catastrophe occurs at the point with coordinates ξ=ξ_∗ and ϑ=0, which results in development of strong discontinuity in the shock-free flow and formation of a shock wave.