摘要
The flow loss of a helical channel Magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） thruster without MHD effect was numerically studied with 3-D simulations, and a flow loss coefficient （ was defined to quantify the flow loss and its influencing factors were studied. The results show that （ decreases in a first-order exponential manner with the pitch of a helical wall and the Reynolds number, and it declines slowly when t / T 〉 0.2 and Re 〉 10^5, a flow guide makes the flow more smooth and uniform, especially in the flow guide and helical wall sub-regions and thus reduces the flow loss greatly, by about 30% with the averaged value of （ from 0.0385 to 0.027, a rectifier weakens the helical flow and strengthens the axial one in the rectifier and outlet sub-regions, thus reduces the rotational kinetic pressure with the averaged value of ξ declining about 4% from 0.0385 to 0.037, and ξ decreases with a rectifier＇s axial length when Re 〉 10^5 .
The flow loss of a helical channel Magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） thruster without MHD effect was numerically studied with 3-D simulations, and a flow loss coefficient （ was defined to quantify the flow loss and its influencing factors were studied. The results show that （ decreases in a first-order exponential manner with the pitch of a helical wall and the Reynolds number, and it declines slowly when t / T 〉 0.2 and Re 〉 10^5, a flow guide makes the flow more smooth and uniform, especially in the flow guide and helical wall sub-regions and thus reduces the flow loss greatly, by about 30% with the averaged value of （ from 0.0385 to 0.027, a rectifier weakens the helical flow and strengthens the axial one in the rectifier and outlet sub-regions, thus reduces the rotational kinetic pressure with the averaged value of ξ declining about 4% from 0.0385 to 0.037, and ξ decreases with a rectifier＇s axial length when Re 〉 10^5 .
