Shock-Wave Boundary Layer Interaction in MHD Generator with Supersonic Flow

Examination of short faults of many loads

Abstract

The objective of the present paper is to analyze a supersonic Faraday channel which is suffered from short faults of many loads, and to reveal shock-boundary layer interaction caused by the short faults. The Galerkin finite element method and the TVD method are combined to calculate coupled Maxwell and Navier-Stokes equations. The following results are obtained: (1) The short faults induce a standing shock-wave far upstream from the region with the short faults. (2) There is no boundary layer separation in the analyzed channel. Asymmetry of flow is induced by the MHD interaction.