Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Engineering

Description

This valuable resource summarizes the past fifty years' basic research accomplishments in plasma dynamics for aerospace engineering, presenting these results in a comprehensive volume that will be an asset to any professional in the field. It offers a comprehensive review of the foundation of plasma dynamics while integrating the most recently developed modeling and simulation techniques with the theoretic physics, including the state-of-the-art numerical algorithms. Several first-ever demonstrations for innovations and incisive explanations for previously unexplained observations are included. All the necessary formulations for technical evaluation to engineering applications are derived from the first principle by statistic and quantum mechanics, and led to physics-based computational simulations for practical applications. The computer-aided procedures directly engage the reader to duplicate findings that are nearly impossible by using ground-based experimental facilities. Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Engineering will allow readers to reach an incisive understanding of plasma physics.

Joseph J. S. Shang is an emeritus research professor of Wright State University, Ohio. He is a pioneer of computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetics, and the author of over 350 archival articles, fourteen book chapters, and one book. In his career as the Leader and Senior Scientist for the Center of Excellence of Computational Aerodynamics of the Air Force Research Laboratory, he has received the USAF Basic Research Award as well as Meritorious, Outstanding, Exceptional Service Awards. Dr Shang is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the recipient of the Plasma Dynamics and Laser Awards. Sergey T. Surzhikov is an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the director of the Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is head and professor of the Physical and Chemical Mechanics Department, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He is one of the foremost research scientists in thermal radiation and he is active in basic research programs with the European Space Agency. Professor Surzhikov is the author of more than six hundred scientific works and fifteen books.

'... this book is a collection of almost distinct chapters that can whet the appetite of a reader interested in the application of plasma physics to aerodynamics. Much of the treatment focusses on basic plasma physics and this content can be considered as a starting point for a more in-depth study necessary to understand these basics.' David MacTaggart, The Aeronautical Journal