Plasma Aerodynamics: Current Status and Future Directions | |
Plasma aerodynamics can trace its origin to the beginning of the space age, and in particular to a time when designers realized that plasmas could have a significant influence on reentry flows. From the 1950s to the 1970s, there was considerable work on magnetohydrodynamic reentry systems and related technology. The recent resurgence in the field was stimulated by the disclosure of the Soviet AJAX vehicle concept in the mid- 1990s. This led to an extraordinary international collaboration that has now lasted almost twenty years. Edited by J. Poggie (US Air Force Research Laboratory), T. McLaughlin (US Air Force Academy), and S. Leonov, (The Ohio State University). See the full text in the white paper attached or on aiaa.org [l], or a shortened version that appeared in the Nov. 2014 issue of Aerospace America [l]. |
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