Sonic-supersonic solutions for the two-dimensional pseudo-steady full Euler equations

Abstract

This paper is focused on the existence of classical sonic-supersonic solutions near sonic curves for the two-dimensional pseudo-steady full Euler equations in gas dynamics. By introducing a novel set of change variables and using the idea of characteristic decomposition, the Euler system is transformed into a new system which displays a transparent singularity-regularity structure. With a choice of weighted metric space, we establish the local existence of smooth solutions for the new system by the fixed-point method. Finally, we obtain a local classical solution for the pseudo-steady full Euler equations by converting the solution from the partial hodograph variables to the original variables.