ML-TDS analysis of scattering from hypersonic vehicles covered with plasma sheath

Abstract

In this paper, scattering from hypersonic vehicles covered with the plasma sheath has been studied by the multilayer thin dielectric sheet (ML-TDS) approximation method. Single-layer model and multi-layer model are used to solve the scattering problem with the thinner and thicker plasma sheath, respectively. A few unknowns have been needed to model the hypersonic vehicles covered with the plasma sheath. A waverider-shaped vehicle model has been analyzed in the paper.