23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-2.11.3

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLOWS INTO INDUCTIVE PLASMATRONS

S. V. Utyuzhnikov, A. V. Konyukhov, S. A. Vasil'evskii, D. V. Rudenko
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, UK

Keywords: plasmatron, catalicity, plasma flows, supersonic, low mach number

Simulation of sub- and supersonic flows in plasmatrons is considered. A physico-chemical model, numerical method and computation results for equilibrium inductive coupled plasma flows in a plasmatron are given. Plasma flows in the IPG-4 discharge plasmatron were simulated. Creation of both under-expanded and over-expanded jets in the plasmatron channel is considered. The computational results are validated by the comparison with experimental data.

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