NDLI: Current status and potentialities of wind tunnels with MHD acceleration

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Author	Alferov, V. I.
Copyright Year	2000
Abstract	The activities aimed at development of hypersonic wind tunnels with MHD gas accelerator started in the late 1950s, when it became clear that the uses of hypersonic wind tunnels of the classical type employing the principle of adiabatic expansion for gas acceleration are subject to limitations. A flow train was developed for such a wind tunnel including a source of conducting gas (electric-arc heater, region behind the reflected shock wave, high-pressure chamber of an impulse wind tunnel, etc.), a system for delivery of readily ionizing seed (K, Na, Cs, and their compounds), a primary supersonic nozzle with a Mach number M ≃1.6-3.0, the MHD-accelerator channel proper, the working section, and a gas exhaust system. In the United States, these studies were performed at the NASA Langley Center, AEDC, and General Electric; in Russia, at the Central Institute of Aerohydrodynamics (TsAGI). Some work was done in France at ONERA and in Germany. This review contains an analysis of various design solutions of the MHD channel proper, seed delivery systems, and systems of electric supply and magnetic field generation, as well as a comparison of the procedures for testing and acquisition and treatment of experimental data. Special note is made of the difficulties confronting the researchers and of the reasons for simultaneous cessation of research activities in the United States at almost all research centers. It is indicated that in Russia, unlike the United States, much more extensive studies were made into the physics of combustion of discharge in gas flows at Mach numbers M = 0–4.5 both with and without a magnetic field. Data are given on the behavior of current distribution in the electrodes, propagation of microarc discharges, boundary layer separation, and magnitude of heat fluxes with the flow parameters corresponding to those of the MHD accelerator. The basic characteristics of the TsAGI hypersonic wind tunnel are given along with the results of its utilization for solving practical problems of aerodynamics. Results are also given of the investigation of a high-enthalpy MHD generator in which the flow from the MHD accelerator is used as the working medium. The advantages are demonstrated of using facilities with MHD gas accelerator in solving the problems of development and testing of scramjet engines (SJE) for transatmospheric flying vehicles, and information is given about the possible parameters (gasdynamic and electrodynamic) of such facilities and their designs. The main problems are listed that must be solved in developing hypersonic facilities with MHD gas accelerator.
Starting Page	300
Ending Page	313
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0018151X
Journal	High Temperature
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16083156
Language	English
Publisher	Nauka/Interperiodica
Publisher Date	2000-01-01
Publisher Place	Moscow
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Plasma Physics Materials Science Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics Physical Chemistry Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Engineering Condensed Matter Physics

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