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The coupled motion between the hydrodynamic flow and magnetic field introduces significant complexity into the structure of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. A key factor contributing to this complexity is the presence of Alfv\'en…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Shangkun Weng , Wengang Yang

We address the existence and stability of transonic shocks for the two-dimensional steady rotating Euler system in an almost flat nozzle. Under the influence of the Coriolis force, we first establish a class of special transonic shock…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Zihao Zhang

We establish existence, uniqueness and stability of transonic shocks for steady compressible non-isentropic potential flow system in a multidimensional divergent nozzle with an arbitrary smooth cross-section, for a prescribed exit pressure.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-18 Myoungjean Bae , Mikhail Feldman

We are concerned with the stability of multidimensional (M-D) transonic shocks in steady supersonic flow past multidimensional wedges. One of our motivations is that the global stability issue for the M-D case is much more sensitive than…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Gui-Qiang Chen , Beixiang Fang

Using a new numerical code we have carried out two-dimensional simulations of the nonlinear evolution of unstable sheared magnetohydrodynamic flows. We considered two cases: a strong magnetic field (Alfven Mach number, M_a = 2.5) and a weak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Adam Frank , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu , Joseph B. Gaalaas

This paper concerns the existence of transonic shock solutions to the 2-D steady compressible Euler system in an almost flat finite nozzle ( in the sense that it is a generic small perturbation of a flat one ), under physical boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-08 Beixiang Fang , Zhouping Xin

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of transonic shock solutions for two-dimensional (2-d) steady Euler flows of polytropic gases with the vertical gravity in a horizontal nozzle under a pressure condition imposed at the exit…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Beixiang Fang , Xin Gao , Wei Xiang , Qin Zhao

We establish the existence and uniqueness of the transonic shock solution for steady isentropic Euler system with an external force in a rectangular cylinder under the three-dimensional perturbations for the incoming supersonic flow, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Shangkun Weng , Zihao Zhang , Yan Zhou

We construct examples of smooth periodic solutions to the Magnetohydrodynamic equations in dimension 2 with positive resistivity for which the topology of the magnetic lines changes under the flow. By Alfv\'en's theorem this is known to be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Gennaro Ciampa

We consider the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) subjected to a strong magnetic field along $x_1$ direction in three-dimensional thin domains $\Omega_\delta=\mathbb{R}^2\times(-\delta,\delta)$ with slip boundary conditions. It is well-known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-02 Li Xu

The existence and stability of a spherical transonic shock in a hemispherical shell under the three dimensional perturbations of the incoming flows and the exit pressure is established without any further restrictions on the background…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Shangkun Weng

In this paper, we are trying to show the uniqueness of transonic shock solutions in an expanding nozzle under certain conditions and assumptions on the boundary data and the shock solution. The idea is to compare two transonic shock…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Beixiang Fang , Xin Gao , Wei Xiang

This paper is devoted to the structural stability of a transonic shock passing through a flat nozzle for two-dimensional steady compressible flows with an external force. We first establish the existence and uniqueness of one dimensional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Shangkun Weng , Wengang Yang

We establish the existence and stability of cylindrical transonic shock solutions under three dimensional perturbations of the incoming flows and the exit pressure without any further restrictions on the background transonic shock…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Shangkun Weng , Zhouping Xin

Super-Alfv\'enic turbulence is widespread in astrophysical environments, including molecular clouds and the diffuse plasma of galaxy clusters. At large scales, magnetic fields play only a minor dynamical role; however, for sufficiently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 A. Lazarian , Yue Hu , D. Pogosyan

Single fluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations have been studied through direct numerical simulations (DNS) using pseudo-spectral methods in two as well as three spatial dimensions. At Alfv\'en resonance, a reversible periodic exchange of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-24 Rupak Mukherjee , Rajaraman Ganesh , Abhijit Sen

Many astrophysical fluids are magnetized and turbulent. Such fluids can be often described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). In this review, we mainly consider MHD turbulence with a strong mean magnetic field whose energy density is greater…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Jungyeon Cho

We investigate the linear stability of a sinusoidal shear flow with an initially uniform streamwise magnetic field in the framework of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) with finite resistivity and viscosity. This flow is known to be…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Adrian E. Fraser , Imogen G. Cresswell , Pascale Garaud

We develop a new approach and employ it to establish the global existence and nonlinear structural stability of attached weak transonic shocks in steady potential flow past three-dimensional wedges; in particular, the restriction that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-10 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Jun Chen , Wei Xiang

We demonstrate that it is possible to control a normal transonic shock to move periodically by adjusting the boundary conditions at the entrance or the exit of the tube, for which, the phenomena has been observed in engineering. In this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-28 Xiaomin Zhang , Peng Qu , Huimin Yu
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