APPLICATION OF METHOD OF PARAMETRIC DIFFERENTIATION TO RADIATIVE GASDYNAMICS

The method of parametric differentiation for nonlinear problems is interpreted as a device for introducing a real parameter characteristic into the mathematical description along which one can then integrate the parametrically differentiated equations. The applicability of the method to radiative gasdynamics is illustrated first by the solution of a test problem-the one- dimensional, hypersonic, radiating shock layer. The technique's utility is further demonstrated in a solution of an inviscid, radiating gas flow in the stgnation region of a blunt body.