V. A. Bityurin, I. P. Zavershinskii, A. I. Klimov, N. E. Molevich, I. A. Moralev, D. Munhoz, L. Polyakov, D. P. Porfir'ev, S. S. Sugak, “Streamlining of a cylinder with an electric arc rotating in a magnetic field”, TVT, 2016, Volume 54, Issue 4,Pages <nobr>632

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Streamlining of a cylinder with an electric arc rotating in a magnetic field

V. A. Bityurin^a, I. P. Zavershinskii^b, A. I. Klimov^a, N. E. Molevich^bc, I. A. Moralev^a, D. Munhoz^a, L. Polyakov^a, D. P. Porfir'ev^bc, S. S. Sugak^c

^a Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Samara State Aerospace University
^c P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Streamlining of a circular cylinder with a localized heat source modeling an MHD actuator in which the plasma arc channel moves along the cylinder surface under the action of the Lorentz force in a radial magnetic field is studied experimentally and simulated numerically. It is shown that the presence of a moving heat release region leads to a break in the symmetry in cylinder streamlining by the external flow and the appearance of a nonzero lift force and circulation.

UDC: 532.527: 537.523.9

Received: 10.09.2015
Accepted: 22.12.2015

DOI: 10.7868/S0040364416040062