Investigation of magnetohydrodymamic interaction in a supersonic air flow at M=8

The influence of magnetohydrodynamic interaction localized before a model on the position of a shock wave attached to a wedge is experimentally and numerically investigated. The investigation is carried out in an air flow with a Mach number of 8. It is shown that, for a hydromagnetic interaction parameter on the order of 0.1, the slope angle of the shock wave can be increased by 10A degrees. Experiments are conducted for the case when the flow is ionized by an electron beam or by a pulsed electric discharge. Good agreement between experimental and numerical results is obtained for both ways of ionization if the Joule heating of the gas is insignificant. The conclusion is drawn that the way of providing a nonequilibrium conductivity of the flow has a minor effect on the position of the oblique shock wave near the wedge with the hydromagnetic interaction parameter being the same.