Investigating the dynamics of radio wave propagation in the plasma sheath around the hypersonic space vehicle

Alilou, Sima; Shahrassai, Laya; Sobhanian, Samad

doi:10.47176/ijpr.24.1.21796

Investigating the dynamics of radio wave propagation in the plasma sheath around the hypersonic space vehicle

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sima Alilou

Laya Shahrassai

Samad Sobhanian

Physics Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.47176/ijpr.24.1.21796

Abstract

The radio blackout occurring in hypersonic spacecraft re-entry is a very fundamental problem, primarily because of the relatively long (several minutes) blackout period. In this research, the role of injected solid dielectric particulate into the plasma sheath formed around the spacecraft in mitigating the radio communication cut-off between the ground-based station and the space vehicle is studied analytically. Considering the propagation dynamics of radio waves in the dusty plasma formed by solid particle injection and using Fresnel’s formulae, the effect of dust particle number density and its dimension is investigated in the frequency range of 1-20GHz. In addition, the effect of the incident angle of the wave with the hypersonic shuttle nose surface has also been studied.

Keywords

hypersonic vehicle

plasma sheath

dusty plasma

injection of dielectric materials

transmission and reflection coefficients

Subjects

Plasma Physics

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