SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF A STRONG EXPLOSION
IN A PERFECT GAS. LAGRANGIAN DESCRIPTION

S. M. Zen'kevich and K. L. Stepanov

UDC 539.1

The problem of a strong one-dimensional explosion
in a perfect gas has been considered. The analytical
solution of self-similar equations describing
the dynamics of the explosion and the propagation
of a strong shock wave has been obtained in Lagrangian
mass coordinates.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk,
220072, Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii
Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 83-89, January-February, 2007.
Original article submitted March 23, 2006.