Update 5 October

3D runs are finished, hopefully they will be analysed this week.

For the one dimensional runs, I have now plotted location of the shock front using three different methods: the highest temperature (red), the highest velocity gradient (green), and the highest density gradient (blue). I found however that density gradient tends to be highest behind the shock front where the cold slab builds up, rather than at the initial density jump that occurs at the shock. These plots are from Beta=-1 to Beta=3.5 in half integer increments

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_-1_0.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_-0_5.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_0_0.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_0_5.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_1_0.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_1_5.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_2_0.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_2_5.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_3_0.png
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~rmarkwic/post_5_oct/front3_3_5.png

Lastly I have built a reading list for the next few weeks from various papers which cite Strickland+Blondin (1995) and appear relevant based on their abstracts.

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