The dynamics of fast gas heating in a high power microwave discharge in air, is investigated in the framework of FDTD simulations of the Maxwell equations coupled with the fluid simulations of the plasma. It is shown that, an ultra-fast gas heating of the order of several 100 Kelvins occurs in less than 100 ns. The main role in the heating is played by the electron impact dissociation of , diss...

The gas dynamics of interactions of a tenuous ionosphere with movihg satellites and probes that have bearings on the diagnostics of the ionosphere are discussed. Emphasis is on the cases where the body is moving at mesothermal speeds, namely intermediate between the thermal speeds of ions and electrons of the ambient ionosphere. Methods of collision-free plasma kinetics with self-consistent fie...

We present preliminary results from a 100 ks XMM-Newton observation of the hot gas in the nearby massive early-type galaxy NGC 4472. This galaxy is the central member of a group of galaxies that is believed to be falling into the Virgo cluster. We find several structures in the gas indicative of a previous epoch of nuclear activity and of a complex interaction with the ICM of the Virgo cluster....

Large eddy simulation (LES) and direct numerical simulation (DNS) of polydisperse evaporating sprays with Eulerian models are very promising tools for high performance computing of combustion applications since they are able to predict the turbulent dispersion and evaporation. However, the spray system of conservation equations has a convective part which is similar either to gas dynamics Euler...

Interstellar medium is turbulent and this induces relative motions of dust grains. We calculate relative velocities of charged grains in a partially ionized magnetized gas. We account for anisotropy of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, grain coupling with magnetic field, and the turbulence cutoff arising from the ambipolar drag. We obtain grain velocities for turbulence with parameters cons...

Shock wave theory was studied in literature by many authors. This article presents a survey with references about various topics related to shock waves: Hyperbolic conservation laws, Well-posedness theory, Compactness theory, Shock and reaction-di¤usion wave, The CJ and ZND theory, Existence of detonation in Majda’s model, Premixed laminar ‡ame, Multidimensional gas ‡ows, Multidimensional Riema...

this paper deals with aerodynamic design of fan and compressor assembly for turbofan engines having arbitrary by-pass ratios. two different softwares were developed in this respect. first, based on general performance data at design point condition, a one-dimensional approach was activated. initial flow passages of both fan and compressor, together with splitter position were developed utilizin...