Radiation smoothing of shocks

Jack Welch

ResearchPublished 1965

Examination of the structure of a steady-state shock temperature profile in a fully-ionized ideal gas in the presence of a magnetic field. It is pointed out that many of the important qualitative features of the temperature profile can be obtained in a simple way from a nomogram whose use is described. The customary introduction of a simplifying assumption (such as the Milne-Eddington approximation) relating the radiation pressure to the radiation energy flux is postponed to indicate which predictions are clearly independent of the approximation and which features may be a consequence of it. The thermal equilibrium of the electrons with the ions in the plasma is considered, and a parameter that measures the importance of the deviation from equilibrium is given. 45 pp.

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  • Year: 1965
  • Pages: 45
  • Document Number: RM-4683-PR

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Welch, Jack, Radiation smoothing of shocks. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4683.html.
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