Simulation of laboratory accretion disk and weakly ionized hypersonic flows using Nautilus

  • John Loverich
  • , Ammar Hakim
  • , Sudhakar Mahalingam
  • , Peter Stoltz
  • , Sean C.D. Zhou
  • , Michael Keidar
  • , Mahdu Kandrapu
  • , Tai Sen Zhuang
  • , Jason Cassibry
  • , Richard Hatcher

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

9 Scopus citations

Abstract

A proposed experiment atHyperV technologies in partnershipwith Los Alamos National Lab will explore the use of merging, high velcocity (50km/s) plasma jets as a laboratory model for astrophysical accretion disks. Similarly, researchers at George Washington University (GWU) are currently developing an experiment for investigating weakly ionized hypersonic flow in magnetic fields. The two experiments cover a broad range of hypersonic conducting fluid flows which can be explored using the shock capturing plasma fluid code, Nautilus.1 In this paper, progress on modeling both experiments is presented along with associated physics and numerical techniques.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication42nd AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781624101472
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference 2011 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: Jun 27 2011Jun 30 2011

Publication series

Name42nd AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Other

Other42nd AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period6/27/116/30/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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