Research Article

A Self-Similar Flow behind a Magnetogasdynamic Shock Wave Generated by a Moving Piston in a Gravitating Gas with Variable Density: Isothermal Flow

Figure 1

Variation of the reduced flow variables in the region behind the shock front. (a) The fluid velocity 𝑢 / 𝑢 2 . (b) The density (the pressure) ( 𝜌 / 𝜌 2 ) ( = 𝑝 / 𝑝 2 ) . (c) The mass 𝑚 / 𝑚 2 . (see Table 2).
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