SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS FOR CYLINDRICAL SHOCK WAVE IN SELF-GRAVITATING
NON-IDEAL GAS WITH AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD: ISOTHERMAL FLOW
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to obtain the solution using the Lie group
of symmetry method for the problem of propagating magnetogasdynamic
strong cylindrical shock wave in a self-gravitating non-ideal gas with
the magnetic field which is taken to be axial. Here, isothermal flow is
considered. In the undisturbed medium, varying magnetic field and
density are taken. Out of four different cases, only three cases yield
the similarity solutions. Numerical computations have been performed for
the cases of power-law and exponential law shock paths, to find out the
behavior of flow variables in the flow-field immediately behind the
shock. Similarity solutions are carried out by taking arbitrary
constants in the expressions of infinitesimals of the Lie group of
transformations. Also, the study of the present work provides a clear
picture of whether and how the variations in the non-ideal parameter of
the gas, Alfven-Mach number, adiabatic exponent, ambient magnetic field
variation index and gravitational parameter affect the propagation of
shock and the flow behind it. Software package “MATLAB” is used for all
the computations.