Research Areas

Plasma Tunnel Ground Test Facility Development

Research laboratory plasma tunnel facility overview

¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-MAPLAB developed RF plasma wind tunnel facility summary, two each 1-5kW tabletop and 40kW larger scale

Magnetohydrodynamics and Hypersonics

Magnetohydrodynamics and hypersonics interaction schematic

Schematic of MHD interaction for hypersonic blunt-body

Magnetoaerodynamics Experiments

MHD energy generation experiment model design, schematic, and photograph

MHD energy generation experiment for hypersonics: model design, schematic, and Argon plasma discharge

Table Top RF Supersonic Plasma Wind-Tunnel

Supersonic low-density RF plasma wind-tunnel apparatus: 1kW RF generator, Mach 3.5 maximum test-section speed, and Argon test-gas