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The method of characteristics for the three-dimensional unsteady magnetofluid dynamics of a multi-component medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Harry Sauerwein Sauerwein
Harry Sauerwein Sauerwein
Affiliation:
Fluid Physics Department, Aerospace Corporation, San Bernardino, California
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Abstract

A general numerical method of characteristics applicable to problems in magneto-fluid dynamics as well as ordinary fluid dynamics is described. The method can be applied to unsteady three-dimensional flows of chemically reacting, non-equilibrium, multi-component media. Dissipative phenomena must be neglected in order to make the governing equations of change hyperbolic, because the method can be applied only to quasi-linear, hyperbolic, partial differential equations. Practical restrictions on computation time usually require unsteady problems to be limited to cases with short transient times although theoretically the method applies to all unsteady flows. In steady flow the local velocity must be greater than the largest local wave speed. The characteristic and compatibility equations are derived for the most general case of magnetofluid dynamics. A new finite-difference network and its corresponding equations are developed similarly. Specialization of the general method to consider simpler problems is outlined. Preliminary numerical results of calculations using the method are presented. The practicality and feasibility of utilizing the general numerical method of characteristics on presently available, electronic digital computers is evaluated in the light of recent experience in calculating multi-dimensional flows with the method.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , May 1966 , pp. 17 - 41
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© 1966 Cambridge University Press

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