  Classical Navier-Stokes equations fail to predict shock wave profiles
accurately. In this paper, the Navier-Stokes system is fully transformed using
a velocity variable transformation. The transformed equations termed the
re-casted Navier-Stokes equations display physics not initially included. We
then analyse the stationary shock structure problem in a monatomic gas by
solving both the classical and the re-casted Navier-Stokes equations
numerically using a finite difference global solution (FDGS) scheme. The
numerical results are presented for different upstream Mach numbers ranging
from supersonic to hypersonic flows. We found that the re-casted Navier-Stokes
equations show better agreements with the experimentally measured density and
reciprocal shock thickness profiles.
