Comprehension of shock wave modulation phenomena due to electromagnetic energy by using three-dimensional numerical simulation

Abstract

Recently, the development of the supersonic transportation system is desired. For the development, the reduction of the wave drag and sonic boom is crucial problem. For the solution of the problem, the shock wave modulation technique by using the electro-magnetic power is one of the promising methods. This technique makes use of the baroclinic effect. For the application of this method to the other method of vortex generation method in the supersonic flow field, such as the scram jet engine inlet, the comprehension of the baroclinic effect is inevitable. In this study, for the comprehension of the baroclinic effect due to the electro-magnetic power, the three-dimensional numerical analysis code to simulate the interaction between the shock wave and the temperature modulated field was developed. The results were verified by comparing with the experimental visualization data.