Delighted to see the paper by Muir and Nikiforakis on “Numerical modelling of imposed magnetohydrodynamic effects in hypersonic flows” appear as a Featured article on Physics of Fluids.
The work contributes to research on how weakly ionised plasmas can be actively manipulated via imposed magnetic fields – a concept termed magnetohydrodynamic flow control.
This allows the possibility of replacing mechanical control surfaces on hypersonic vehicles with magnetic actuation.