Russian scientists are close to creating a "flying saucer"

Russian physicists have come a step closer to creating the so-called plasma shell for supersonic aircraft, which will allow them to increase their speed by several times. As reported in the Samara branch of the Physical Institute. P.N. Lebedev RAS (SF FIAN), the nature, structure and effect of "shock waves in a non-equilibrium medium" that arises around the wing of an aircraft has been practically clarified.

According to one version, it is thanks to the management of such waves that one can achieve the unthinkable maneuverability that science fiction writers endow with "flying saucers" of newcomers from other planets.

“It is very important to understand all the details of the changes in the resistance and structure of the shock wave,” says one of the effect researchers, a graduate student at the SP Korolev Samara State Aerospace University, Rinat Galimov. “Without this, it is impossible to proceed to the practical application of the hypersonic plasma shell of the aircraft. "

"By controlling this flow with the help of a magnetic field, it will be possible to control the aircraft itself, but for this you need to create a plasma flow in the right place and with the necessary properties," said Galimov, who became one of the main developers of this topic.

For the work done, the young scientist at the end of April this year received a medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "Work on creating a plasma envelope has been going on for more than 20 years. One of the most fundamental in this area is the discovery of Russian scientists with the participation of AI Klimov, made back at the end of 80's. This can be called the beginning of the birth of a new science - plasma aerodynamics" - says the supervisor, head. theoretical sector of the Federation Council of LPI, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Sciences Nonna Molevich.

At present, Samara physicists have begun to study the structure of the shock wave in chemically active mixtures. The work also found interesting astrophysical applications. It turned out that this approach is applicable to the study of non-equilibrium interstellar gas, so research in this direction will help shed light on the nature of some astrophysical phenomena, ITAR-TASS reports.

Comments

[nickname bj]

Excellent post. Yes, our scientists are generally good fellows - hard workers and unkempt people. If only they would not interfere with them.

[gridasov]

Nonsense and a complete misunderstanding of the essence of physical processes. You don't need to know the details to not understand that the path chosen is not appropriate. Firstly, it is necessary to distinguish between flight in the variable density layers of the Earth's atmosphere and in space. In the environment of the layers of the atmosphere and under water, the formation of a plasma layer cannot be achieved from an energy source isolated from the environment itself. An autonomous source must be formed by such a material or substance, the transformations in which are of a reversible cycle. People like people - they want to fly like gods, and their knowledge is at the level of Newton's times. And the terminology itself is mutually contradictory. Managing the redistribution of potential on the surfaces of the aircraft excludes the very concept of aerodynamics.

[Honory]

I didn’t understand. It's a flying saucer. that is the wing of the plane.