STEADY AND UNSTEADY MOTION IN MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS.
Abstract
The one-dimensional propagation of a steady detonation wave and also of a deflagration wave in a tube closed at one end is studied for the situation in which the electrical conductivity jumps from zero to infinity across the leading shock owing to ionization of the gas. An analysis has been made of the jump relations for zero to infinity when the magnetic field is oblique and the upstream particle velocity and magnetic field are coplanar. Special attention is paid to switch-on and switch-off gas-ionizing shocks. A summary is given of work done on supersonic flow of electrically conducting fluid past a non-conduction wedge when there are four attached shocks. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 31, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0438560
Entities
People
- D. C. Pack
Organizations
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada