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Properties of mass-loading shocks. II - MagnetohydrodynamicsThe one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics of mass-loading shocks is examined. These shocks, which are distinct from MHD shocks of classical nonreacting fluid dynamics and of combustion theory and which are characterized by the addition of mass within the shock transition, are to be found at comets and, depending upon circumstances, at nonmagnetized and weakly magnetized planets such as Venus and Mars. A completely general mass-loading form of the Hugoniot equation is derived, and some of the most important differences between mass-loading and nonreacting classical MHD shocks are identified. Two new types of MHD shocks are described which have no classical MHD analogues.
Document ID
19930032354
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Zank, G. P.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Oughton, S.
(Bartol Research Inst. Newark, DE, United States)
Neubauer, F. M.
(Koeln Univ. Cologne, Germany)
Webb, G. M.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 97
Issue: A11
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
93A16351
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-83-17701
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7101
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2076
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