Interaction between perpendicular magnetohydrodynamic shocks

Details Interaction between perpendicular magnetohydrodynamic shocks Interaction between perpendicular magnetohydrodynamic shocks

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993phflb...5..732h&link_type=abstract

Physics of Fluids B (ISSN 0899-8221), vol. 5, no. 3, p. 732-741.

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Heliosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Shock Wave Interaction, Discontinuity, Eigenvectors, Gas Pressure, Magnetic Field Configurations, Shock Wave Propagation

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A general analysis is made of the collision and merging of perpendicular shocks as well as the interaction between a shock and a tangential discontinuity. It is found that two head-on shocks diminish both in strength after collisions and a tangential discontinuity forms between them. The property of the discontinuity depends on the relative strength of the two shocks. No discontinuity occurs if the shocks are equal in strength. The emerging of two shocks propagating in the same direction results in a strong shock followed by a tangential discontinuity and a reverse wave. The reverse wave is a rarefaction wave if one or both of the shocks are strong. If the shocks are both weak, a critical adiabatic index (CAI) exists. The reverse wave is a rarefaction wave if the wavelength is less than the CAI and a shock exists if the wavelength is greater than the CAI. As a wake shock enters from a medium of higher wave impedance into that of lower wave impedance, the reflected wave is a rarefaction wave and the total pressure ratio decreases and the velocity jump increases after the shock passes through the border.

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