Effect of magnetic field on a Diagonal MHD Accelerator

Author

Anwari, Makbul ; Sukarsan

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai

fYear

2008

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper will present a number of fundamental performance of a diagonal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) accelerator with various of applied magnetic field. Studies is carried out using air plasma as a working gas in equilibrium condition. The MHD augmented propulsion experiment (MAPX) channel designed by NASA is used in this simulation. To solve the set of differential equations of MHD approximations, the MacCormack scheme is used. Numerical results show the flow performance and electrical performance of diagonal MHD accelerator with various of applied magnetic field.

Keywords

differential equations; magnetic fields; magnetohydrodynamics; propulsion; MHD augmented propulsion experiment channel; air plasma; diagonal MHD accelerator; diagonal magnetohydrodynamic accelerator; differential equations; magnetic field; Acceleration; Accelerator magnets; Electrodes; Equations; Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics; Numerical simulation; Particle accelerators; Plasma accelerators; Propulsion; Diagonal connection; MHD accelerator; Magnetic field effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677759

Filename

4677759