9.1 Rankine-Hugoniot relations and shock jump conditions
5 min read•august 16, 2024
MHD shocks are like traffic jams for space plasma. They happen when super-fast stuff slams into slower stuff, causing a sudden change in speed, , and magnetic fields.
Rankine-Hugoniot_relations_0### are the math that describes these cosmic pile-ups. They help us figure out how plasma properties change across the shock, connecting the calm before with the chaos after.
Rankine-Hugoniot Relations for MHD Shocks
Derivation and Fundamental Concepts
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Rankine- relations describe physical property relationships across
Derived from (mass, momentum, energy) and Maxwell's equations
MHD equations written in conservative form express conserved quantity changes across shock discontinuity
Derivation applies integral form of conservation laws to control volume enclosing shock front
Taking limit as control volume thickness approaches zero yields algebraic relations between pre-shock and post-shock quantities
Magnetic fields introduce additional terms compared to hydrodynamic shocks
Final set includes equations for conservation of mass flux, momentum flux (with magnetic ), energy flux, and magnetic flux
Mathematical Framework and Applications
Integral form of conservation laws applied to shock-enclosing control volume
Mass conservation: ∫Sρv⋅dS=0
Momentum conservation: ∫S(ρvv+pI−μ01BB)⋅dS=0
Energy conservation: ∫S(ρv(21v2+γ−1γρp)+μ01E×B)⋅dS=0
Limit process yields jump conditions across infinitesimally thin shock