中国物理B ›› 2007, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (1): 186-192.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/1/032

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Role of on-board discharge in shock wave drag reduction and plasma cloaking

曾学军1, 刘万东2, 邱孝明3, 唐德礼3, 孙爱萍3   

  1. (1)China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang 621000,China; (2)Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; (3)Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
  • 收稿日期:2006-02-22 修回日期:2006-08-03 出版日期:2007-02-01 发布日期:2007-02-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 40390150 and 10005001).

Role of on-board discharge in shock wave drag reduction and plasma cloaking

Qiu Xiao-Ming(邱孝明)a), Tang De-Li (唐德礼)a), Sun Ai-Ping(孙爱萍)a), Liu Wan-Dong(刘万东)b), and Zeng Xue-Jun (曾学军)c)   

  1. a Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China; b Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; c China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang 621000, China
  • Received:2006-02-22 Revised:2006-08-03 Online:2007-02-01 Published:2007-02-01
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 40390150 and 10005001).

摘要: In the present paper, a physical model is proposed for reducing the problem of the drag reduction of an attached bow shock around the nose of a high-speed vehicle with on-board discharge, to the problem of a balance between the magnetic pressure and gas pressure of plane shock of a partially ionized gas consisting of the environmental gas around the nose of the vehicle and the on-board discharge-produced plasma. The relation between the shock strength and the discharge-induced magnetic pressure is studied by means of a set of one-fluid, hydromagnetic equations reformed for the present purpose, where the discharge-induced magnetic field consists of the electron current (produced by the discharge)-induced magnetic field and the partially ionized gas flow-induced one. A formula for the relation between the above parameters is derived. It shows that the discharge-induced magnetic pressure can minimize the shock strength, successfully explaining the two recent experimental observations on attached bow shock mitigation and elimination in a supersonic flow during on-board discharge [Phys. Plasmas 9 (2002) 721 and Phys. Plasmas 7 (2000) 1345]. In addition, the formula implies that the shock elimination leaves room for a layer of higher-density plasma rampart moving around the nose of the vehicle, being favourable to the plasma radar cloaking of the vehicle. The reason for it is expounded.

关键词: attached bow shock and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drag reduction, on-board discharges, plasma cloaking, MHD and fluid equation

Abstract: In the present paper, a physical model is proposed for reducing the problem of the drag reduction of an attached bow shock around the nose of a high-speed vehicle with on-board discharge, to the problem of a balance between the magnetic pressure and gas pressure of plane shock of a partially ionized gas consisting of the environmental gas around the nose of the vehicle and the on-board discharge-produced plasma. The relation between the shock strength and the discharge-induced magnetic pressure is studied by means of a set of one-fluid, hydromagnetic equations reformed for the present purpose, where the discharge-induced magnetic field consists of the electron current (produced by the discharge)-induced magnetic field and the partially ionized gas flow-induced one. A formula for the relation between the above parameters is derived. It shows that the discharge-induced magnetic pressure can minimize the shock strength, successfully explaining the two recent experimental observations on attached bow shock mitigation and elimination in a supersonic flow during on-board discharge [Phys. Plasmas 9 (2002) 721 and Phys. Plasmas 7 (2000) 1345]. In addition, the formula implies that the shock elimination leaves room for a layer of higher-density plasma rampart moving around the nose of the vehicle, being favourable to the plasma radar cloaking of the vehicle. The reason for it is expounded.

Key words: attached bow shock and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drag reduction, on-board discharges, plasma cloaking, MHD and fluid equation

中图分类号:  (Shock waves and discontinuities)

  • 52.35.Tc
47.40.Ki (Supersonic and hypersonic flows) 52.25.Fi (Transport properties) 52.30.-q (Plasma dynamics and flow) 52.65.Kj (Magnetohydrodynamic and fluid equation)