Combined Magnetohydrodynamic and Geometric Optimization of a Hypersonic Inlet

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="793647.fig.004a" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2009/793647/figures/793647.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Initial inlet configuration with shock canceling</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="793647.fig.004b" src="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/ijae/volume-2009/793647/figures/793647.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Mach contours for the shock canceled configuration</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Full inlet demonstrating initial conditions—Shock-canceled case.</table>

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

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Figure 4: Combined Magnetohydrodynamic and Geometric Optimization of a Hypersonic Inlet 