Potential Application of Magnetohydrodynamic Acceleration to Hypersonic Environmental Testing

Abstract

This investigation reviews the technical results from previous MHD accelerator research and conducts a theoretical analysis of the simulation capabilities of an MHD-augmented hypersonic flow facility. This investigation identified the performance potential of MHD accelerator and hot gas generator combinations subject to reasonable constraints from available technology. The performance goal was to extend the hypersonic flight simulation limits from Mach 10 to Mach 25. The results of this investigation identified the critical technology issues which must be addressed in the design of an MHD-driven hypersonic test facility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA225678

Entities

People

  • J. N. Chapman
  • R. A. Crawford
  • R. P. Rhodes

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Literature Surveys
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow