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We study the problem of radiative heat (Marshak) waves using advanced approximate approaches. Supersonic radiative Marshak waves that are propagating into a material are radiation dominated (i.e. hydrodynamic motion is negligible), and can…
Similarity solutions to the nonlinear non-equilibrium Marshak wave problem with a time dependent radiation driving source are presented. The radiation transfer model used is the gray, non-equilibrium diffusion approximation in the…
We study the propagation of radiative heat (Marshak) waves, using modified $P_1$-approximation equations. In relatively optically-thin media the heat propagation is supersonic,~i.e. hydrodynamic motion is negligible, and thus can be…
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