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The evolutionary behaviour of first and higher order weak discontinuities in a radiating magnetofluid is analysed using the singular surface theory. The fluid is assumed to be a neutral gas with infinite electrical conductivity and it is penetrated by a magnetic field normal to the propagation direction of the wave front. The effects of radiative heat transfer are treated by the use of a differential approximation for a grey gas including effects of radiative heat flux, pressure and energy density.
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Nagy, T. Evolution of weak discontinuities in a radiating magnetofluid. Acta Mechanica 101, 175–197 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01175605
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