Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.3390/plasma7020020

Publication Title

Plasma

Volume

7

Issue

2

Pages

355-365

Abstract

This work is an addition to the previously developed two-dimensional model of the shock-plasma interaction, extending it into the third dimension. The model can trace the evolution of the state of the hypersonic flow and the shock front refracted at a thermal discontinuity. The advantages of using the spherical coordinate system for this type of problem include increased transparency in interpreting the solution and a shortened calculation procedure, because all the changes to the front are reduced to one distortion component. Although the vorticity generation triggered at the interface is a consequence of the refraction and tied to the steep changes in the front, it is shown here that this is not because of an instant parameter jump at the interface due to refraction itself.

Rights

© 2024 by the author.

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

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Article states: "The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article, further inquires can be directed to the corresponding author."

Comments

Markhotok, A. (2024). Shock-discharge interaction model extended into the third dimension. Plasma, 7(2), 355-365. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma7020020

Original Publication Citation

Markhotok, A. (2024). Shock-discharge interaction model extended into the third dimension. Plasma, 7(2), 355-365. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma7020020

ORCID

0000-0002-2599-6671 (Markhotok)

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