Numerical Study of the Interaction of Shock-Heated Plasma Flows with Transverse Magnetic Fields
Abstract
The magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for the interaction of shock-induced plasma flows with transverse magnetic fields are solved numerically by taking into account the radiative energy loss; real gas effects such as variable degrees of ionization are also considered. The one-dimensional flow is assumed. The results are compared with experimental data obtained with an arc-driven shock tube whose test section is similar to the MHD generator of the Faraday type. The continuum radiation intensity is measured as a function of time. Good agreement is obtained in the time histories of the calculated and measured continuum radiation intensities at the position where the flow is one-dimensional.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- October 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1143/JPSJ.39.1068
- Bibcode:
- 1975JPSJ...39.1068S
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction;
- Shock Heating;
- Mathematical Models;
- One Dimensional Flow;
- Plasma Heating;
- Shock Tubes;
- Steady Flow;
- Time Response;
- Plasma Physics