Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Wave Propogation in a Rocket Engine jet Exhaust in the Geometrical Optics Approximation

Student: Konov Kirill

Faculty: HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE)

Educational Programme: Applied Physics (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2017

Within the framework of this work, the creation and implementation of an algorithm for solving the problem of propagation of an electromagnetic wave in an inhomogeneous medium by the method of geometric optics was carried out. The following tasks were solved: 1. An algorithm for integrating with the choice of the integration variable is developed according to the criterion of not exceeding the given integration steps for spatial variables and their velocities: 2. A numerical procedure is implemented in the package of numerical simulation; 3. The developed procedure was tested for problems with known analytical solutions; 4. The problems of the propagation of an electromagnetic wave in a rocket engine jet are considered.

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