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The effect of the disturbance behind a strong plane shock wave propagating in a medium with exponentially varying density in the presence of magnetic field is investigated. The similarity solution is used to find the two interaction terms at all points of the flow. A method has been developed to determine the similarity exponent α in magnetogasdynamics.
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Singh, J.B., Mishra, S.K. A strong shock wave in a medium with exponentially varying density. Astrophys Space Sci 126, 59–68 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644175
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