Viscous boundary layer for the Venusian ionopause

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May 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.2023p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, May 1, 1976, p. 2023-2029.

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Boundary Layers, Planetary Ionospheres, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus Atmosphere, Viscous Flow, Atmospheric Temperature, Boundary Conditions, Flow Velocity, Mariner 5 Space Probe, Shock Wave Propagation, Venera 4 Satellite

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A one-fluid model of viscous interaction between the shocked solar-wind flow in the Venusian ionosheath and the ionospheric plasma is formulated through a conventional MHD viscous boundary-layer theory. The geometry considered applies to the flank regions of the ionosheath exterior to the ionospheric cavity. Adoption of the proper boundary conditions for this problem leads to velocity profiles which support the interpretation of the Venusian ionopause in terms of a thick mixing region which is gradually forced to taper toward the axis of the ionospheric cavity, as can be inferred from the Mariner 5 and Venera 4 data.

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