This study focuses on the development of an internal potential flow solution in context a hemispherically bounded cyclonic chamber. The analysis proceeds from Bragg–Hawthorne equation, which is quite effective treatment steady, inviscid, and axisymmetric flows when expressed terms streamfunction. Once streamfunction obtained, other properties are readily deduced; these include principal velocit...

In this paper, we present a variational theory of lift that, unlike Kutta’s theory, is derived from first principles in mechanics: Hertz’s principle least curvature. the unique value circulation determined by minimizing Appellian flowfield. Interestingly, it recovers Kutta condition special case an airfoil with sharp trailing edge. apply such to classical problem flow over flat plate. The resul...

Windfields present a challenge to multi-vehicle coordination in applications such as environmental sampling. The presence of a windfield can disrupt inter-vehicle spacing such that the group covers less area, expends energy at a faster rate, strays from a desired formation, or provides irregular measurement data. However, an autonomous or remotely piloted vehicle can also take advantage of the ...

The flowfield of a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster was simulated numerically and the results compared to experimental measurements, in order to validate the code and obtain insight into underlying physical processes. The thruster chosen was the full-scale benchmark thruster, because it has been the subject of many experimental studies. The parallelized axi-symmetric code featured detailed physica...