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A modified hodograph transformation is used to obtain an exact solution of the equations governing the one-dimensional unsteady flow of an ideal, inviscid, perfectly conducting compressible fluid, subjected to a transverse magnetic field. This solution is used to obtain an approximate representation of the path of an initially uniform shock wave which intersects a centered simple wave. In the limit of vanishing magnetic field, the solution reduces exactly to the solution of the corresponding problem for conventional gas dynamics.
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Une transformation hodographe modifiée est employée pour obtenir une solution exacte des équations relatives aux écoulements unidimensionnels non-stationnaires et non-isentropiques d'un fluide non visqueux idéal, parfaitement conducteur d'électricité et compressible, soumis à l'action d'un champ magnétique transversal. On utilise cette solution pour obtenir une représentation approximative de la trajectoire d'une onde de choc magnétohydrodynamique initialement uniforme, rencontrant une onde simple centrée.
Dans le cas limite d'un champ magnétique nul, la solution se réduit exactement à celle du problème correspondant de la dynamique classique des gaz. C'est là une confirmation de la validité de la théorie.
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Gundersen, R.M. Magnetohydrodynamic shock wave decay. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 40, 501–509 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944803
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