Summary
Self-similar solutions for the flow between a piston and the strong shock propagating non-uniformly into an ideal gas at rest obeying the power law density distribution are investigated. The conditions for the existency of the solutions are derived. Numerical solutions are obtained.
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Rangarao, M.P., Purohit, S.C. A self-similar piston problem. J Eng Math 5, 257–261 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01548243
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