The Effects of Cylindrical Geometry on Normal Ionizing Shock Waves

Abstract

Most of the theoretical work on the characteristics of normal ionizing shock waves, as exemplified by the work of Taussig (1967), has been restricted to a onedimensional model. Only Woods (1965) has attempted to include the effects of cylindrical geometry. However, the complexity of the problem in cylindrical geometry forced Woods to ignore the radial dependence of the azimuthal drive field bo? which he took to be given by the relation (his equation (3»