AS4011 Plasma Engineering Syllabus:
AS4011 Plasma Engineering Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course will make students
1. To impart knowledge to students on basic plasma and its application in aerospace engineering.
2. To learn about the motion of charged particles.
3. To get inference about the collision of charged particles and energy Equilibrium.
4. To learn about the MHD plasma and its stability.
5. To get information about electromagnetic waves, kinetic of plasma and some of the damping mechanism.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA
Plasma, An Ionized Gas, Plasmas are Quasi-Neutral, Plasma Shielding, Elementary Derivation of the Boltzmann Distribution, Plasma Density in Electrostatic Potential, Debye Shielding, Plasma-Solid Boundaries (Elementary), Thickness of the Sheath, the ‘Plasma Parameter’, Occurrence of Plasmas, Different Descriptions of Plasma, Equations of Plasma Physics.
UNIT II MOTION OF CHARGED PARTICLES IN FIELDS
Uniform B field, E = 0, Uniform B and Non-zero E, Drift Due to Gravity or Other Forces, Nonuniform B Field, Curvature Drift, Interlude: Toroidal Confinement of Single Particles, The Mirror Effect of Parallel Field Gradients: E = 0, ∇B ||B, Time Varying B Field (E Inductive), Time Varying E-field (E, B Uniform), Direct Derivation of [(dE)/dt] Effect: ‘Polarization Drift’, Non Uniform E (Finite Larmor Radius)
UNIT III COLLISIONS IN PLASMAS
Binary Collisions between Charged Particles, Scattering Angle, Differential Cross-Section for Scattering by Angle, Relaxation Processes, ,Energy Loss, Cut-offs Estimate, Momentum Loss, Thermal Distribution Collisions, Thermal Collision Frequencies, Applications of Collision Analysis, Energy Equilibration
UNIT IV FLUID DESCRIPTION OF PLASMA
Particle Conservation (In 2-d Space),Fluid Motion, Lagrangian& Eulerian Viewpoints, Two-fluid Equilibrium: Diamagnetic Current, Reduction of Fluid Approach to the Single Fluid Equations, Single Fluid Equations: M.H.D, Heuristic Derivation/Explanation, Maxwell’s Equations for MHD Us, MHD Equilibria, General Properties of MHD Equilibria, Low β equilibria: Force-Free Plasmas, Toroidal Equilibrium, MHD Stability, General Principles Governing Instabilities.
UNIT V ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN PLASMAS
Linear Waves in Anisotropic Medium, Isotropic Medium, High Frequency Plasma Conductivity, Cold Plasma Waves, Thermal Effects on Plasma Waves, Electrostatic Approximation Waves, Simple Example of MHD Dynamics: Alfven Waves, Non-uniform Plasmas and Wave Propagation, Two Stream Instability, Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves, Vlasov Equation, Linearized Wave Solution of Vlasov Equation, Landau’s Original Approach, Solution of Dispersion Relation, Direct Calculation of Collisionless Particle Heating, Damping Mechanisms, Ion Acoustic Waves and Landau Damping, Alternative Expressions of Dielectric Tensor Elements, Electromagnetic Waves in Unmagnetized Vlasov Plasma Experimental Verification of Landau Damping
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, students will be able
CO1: To acquire knowledge on the use of plasma and its application in field of Aerospace vehicles.
CO2: To realize the basic motion of charged particles and flow physics.
CO3: To get exposure on the significance of particle collision.
CO4: To acquire knowledge about the motion of MHD and its stability in the flow field.
CO5: To get through knowledge in the field of plasma wave kinetics.
REFERENCES:
1. Dan M. Goebel, Ira Katz, “Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters”, Wiley publication, 1st edition,2008.
2. George P. Sutton& Oscar Biblarz, “Rocket Propulsion Elements”, Wiley publication, 9th Edition, 2016.
3. Prof. Hutchinson, “Introduction to Plasma Physics I”, lecture notes, MIT open courseware.
4. Luis Conde, “An Introduction to Plasma Physics and its Space Applications, Volume 1”,Morgan & Claypool Publishers as part of IOP Publishing- 2018.