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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (6): 132481.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.32481

• Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics •    

Magnetohydrodynamics control of turbulent boundary layer separation with low electric field

Mingsong DING1,2, Yong XU1,2(), Tao JIANG1,2, Qingzong LIU2, Peng LI1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics,Mianyang 621000,China
    2.Computational Aerodynamics Institute,China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center,Mianyang 621000,China
  • Received:2025-06-27 Revised:2025-08-05 Accepted:2025-08-26 Online:2025-09-19 Published:2025-09-05
  • Contact: Yong XU E-mail:stephen000@sina.com
  • Supported by:
    National Numerical Windtunnel (NNW) Project

Abstract:

Boundary layer separation Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) control of high applied electric field and electromagnetic energy requirements is one of the difficulties in practical engineering. A coupled computational method of hypersonic turbulence and electromagnetic field considering various physical effects is established by solving the governing equations of flow with electromagnetic source term, Poisson equation of electric potential, integral equation of magnetic vector, and turbulence equation considering electromagnetic dissipation. The local electromagnetic flow control of turbulent boundary layer separation in typical inlet under low applied electric field is systematically studied. The influence mechanism of Lorentz force and current Joule heat on separated flow is emphatically analyzed, and the MHD control law and electromagnetic energy variation characteristics under different applied magnetic field, applied electric field and gas conductivity conditions are obtained. The results show that at low applied electric field, local MHD control can effectively suppress turbulent boundary layer separation in the inlet, and the maximum separation area can be reduced by around 85%. Lorentz force dominates local MHD control, while Joule heat dissipation weakens electromagnetic control effect. The influence of turbulent pulsation electromagnetic dissipation is small and can be almost ignored. The influence characteristics of applied magnetic field, gas conductivity or applied electric field on electromagnetic energy are significantly different. On the premise of satisfying engineering constraints and MHD control effect, it is suggested to choose the scheme with relatively large external magnetic field, relatively high conductivity and relatively low external electric field.

Key words: magnetohydrodynamics, boundary layer separation, turbulence, electromagnetic dissipation, inlet duct

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