Smooth symmetric transonic isothermal flows with nonzero angular velocity

Abstract

In this paper, the steady inviscid flows with radial symmetry for the isothermal Euler system are studied in an annulus. We present a complete classification of transonic radially symmetric flow patterns in term of physical boundary conditions at the inner and outer circle. By solving the one side boundary problem, we obtain that there exist accelerating or decelerating smooth transonic flows in an annulus. Moreover, the structural stability of these smooth symmetric transonic flows with nonzero angular velocity are further investigated. Furthermore, we examine the transonic solutions with shocks as well via prescribing suitable boundary conditions on the inner and outer circle.