Title:
A study of magnetoplasmadynamic effects in turbulent supersonic flows with application to detonation and explosion
A study of magnetoplasmadynamic effects in turbulent supersonic flows with application to detonation and explosion
| dc.contributor.advisor | Menon, Suresh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schulz, Joseph C. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wise, John | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Walker, Mitchell | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sun, Wenting | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lieuwen, Tim | |
| dc.contributor.department | Aerospace Engineering | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-21T14:27:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-21T14:27:57Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-08 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07-28 | |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-09-21T14:27:57Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Explosions are a common phenomena in the Universe. Beginning with the Big Bang, one could say the history of the Universe is narrated by a series of explosions. Yet no matter how large, small, or complex, all explosions occur through a series of similar physical processes beginning with their initiation to their dynamical interaction with the environment. Of particular interest to this study is how these processes are modified in a magnetized medium. The role of the magnetic field is investigated in two scenarios. The first scenario addresses how a magnetic field alters the propagation of a gaseous detonation where the application of interest is the modification of a condensed-phase explosion. The second scenario is focused on the aftermath of the explosion event and addresses how fluid mixing changes in a magnetized medium. A primary focus of this thesis is the development of a numerical tool capable of simulating explosive phenomenon in a magnetized medium. While the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations share many of the mathematical characteristics of the hydrodynamic equations, numerical methods developed for the conservation equations of a magnetized plasma are complicated by the requirement that the magnetic field must be divergent free. The advantages and disadvantages of the proposed method are discussed in relation to explosion applications. | |
| dc.description.degree | Ph.D. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53971 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| dc.subject | Magnetohydrodynamics | |
| dc.subject | Detonation | |
| dc.subject | Fluid instability | |
| dc.subject | Numerical methods | |
| dc.title | A study of magnetoplasmadynamic effects in turbulent supersonic flows with application to detonation and explosion | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Dissertation | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.advisor | Menon, Suresh | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Aerospace Engineering | |
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| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |