Investigations of intense compression shocks in argon, taking into account relaxation and radiation effects

Compression shocks of gasdynamics without radiation effects are computed. The computation requires information regarding the excitation and ionization rates which determine the characteristics of the relaxation zone adjacent to the shock front. An implicit integration procedure is used for the numerical solution of the resulting system of nonlinear differential equations. Attention is also given to a compression shock in a gas of infinite extension. In this case, the thermal radiation originating behind the shock is completely absorbed in the area located in front of the shock. Computational results are presented in a number of graphs.