Shanmugasundaram, V and Murty, SSR (1978) Structure of shock waves in partially ionized argon. In: Journal of Plasma Physics, 20 (Dec). 419-451..
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The paper presents a unified picture of the structure of steady one-dimensional shock waves in partially ionized argon in the absence of external electric and magnetic fields. The study is based on a two-temperature three-fluid continuum approach using the Navier-Stokes equations as a model and taking account of nonequilibrium ionization. The analysis of the governing equations is based on the method of matched asymptotic expansions and leads to three layers: (1) a broad thermal layer dominated by electron thermal conduction; (2) an atom-ion shock structured by heavy-particle collisional dissipative mechanisms; and (3) an ionization relaxation layer in which electron-atom inelastic collisions dominate.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Plasma Physics |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press. |
| Keywords: | Argon Plasma; Ionized Gases; Plasma Physics; Shock Wave Profiles; Collisional Plasmas; Navier-Stokes Equation; Nonequilibrium Ionization; Thermal Conductivity. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2010 06:32 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jan 2010 06:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24087 |
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