Similarity solutions for magnetogasdynamic cylindrical shock waves in a
rotating non-ideal gas
Abstract
The present paper demonstrates the analysis of cylindrical shock waves
in a rotating isothermal flow of a non-ideal gas with the impact of the
axial magnetic field. We obtain some special class of similarity
solutions to the considered problem by using the Lie group of
transformations. We assume that the density is uniform in the
undisturbed medium, whereas the axial and azimuthal components of the
fluid velocity and magnetic field are supposed to vary. By employing the
invariant surface conditions, we obtain the generators of the Lie group
of transformations. As per the choice of arbitrary constants arising in
the expressions for the generators, we obtain four cases of possible
solutions. Among all the cases, the similarity solutions are obtained
only in three cases. The first and second cases relate to the power and
exponential law shock path, respectively, while the third case shows a
special case of the power-law shock path. We solve the case of the
power-law shock path numerically. Behind the shock front, the
distributions of flow variables are analyzed graphically to elucidate
the effects of variation in values of the non-ideal parameter,
Alfven-Mach number, ambient azimuthal velocity exponent and adiabatic
exponent. All the computational work has been performed by using the
software package “MATLAB”.