Analysis of the axisymmetrical ionized gas boundary layer adjacent to porous contour of the body of revolution

Abstract

The ionized gas flow in the boundary layer on bodies of revolution with porous contour is studied in this paper. The gas electroconductivity is assumed to be a function of the longitudinal co-ordinate, x. The problem is solved using Saljnikov's version of the general similarity method. This paper is an extension of Saljnikov's generalized solutions and their application to a particular case of magnetohydrodynamic flow. Generalized boundary layer equations have been numerically solved in a four-parametric localized approximation and characteristics of some physical quantities in the boundary layer has been studied.