Title :
Performance characteristic of Faraday MHD accelerator: Effect of magnetic field to the thrust
Author :
Anwari, Makbul ; Sukarsan
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai
Abstract :
Performance characteristic of Faraday MHD accelerator is studied in this paper. Main focus is to evaluate the effect of magnetic field to the thrust and flow performance of Faraday MHD accelerator. A one dimensional numerical simulation is performed in this simulation. The MacCormack scheme is employed to solve the set of differential equations with MHD approximations. Numerical results show the characteristics of normalized flow parameter and thrust of Faraday MHD accelerator for different value of applied magnetic field.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; difference equations; magnetic field effects; magnetohydrodynamics; numerical analysis; 1D numerical simulation; Faraday MHD accelerator; MHD approximations; MacCormack scheme; differential equations; magnetic field effect; Acceleration; Accelerator magnets; Engines; Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics; Numerical simulation; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Propulsion; Faraday connection; Magnetic field effect; Magnetohydrodynamic; Thrust;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2008. VPPC '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1848-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1849-7
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677758
