The aerophysics of the gas discharges and laser plasmas

Main results

• Gas discharges - classical objects of research on the Department of Physical and Chemical Mechanics;
• Various models have been developed to calculate the spatial electrodynamic structure of gas discharges under various conditions:

1. Axisymmetric and planar two-dimensional drift-diffusion models for modeling a normal glow discharge;
2. Axisymmetric and planar two-dimensional drift-diffusion models for modeling the dynamics of gas discharges in an external magnetic field;
3. Self-consistent models for calculating the spatial structure of surface discharges in a high-speed gas flow (including the presence of an external magnetic field);

• More information can be found in the books:

1. Surzhikov S.T. Physical mechanics of gas discharges, Moscow: BMSTU publishing, 2006, 640 p (in russian);
2. Surzhikov S.T. Hypersonic flow of a rarefied gas over a surface glow discharge with an external magnetic field, Moscow: IPMEch RAS, 2011. 273 p (in russian);
3. S.T. Surzhikov Computational Physics of Electric Discharges in Gas Flows, De Gruyter, 2013. xi+428 p;
4. J.J.S. Shang, S.T. Surzhikov Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Engineering, Cambridge University Press, 2018,
   xiv+388 p;

• Currently, computer codes are being developed that implement a three-dimensional diffusion-drift model, as well as two-dimensional and three-dimensional kinetic models based on the particle-in-cell method;
• Detailed verification and validation of developed computer models is required.

An experience of development of computational and theoretical models and software systems for aerospace applications

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