简介：Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)acceleratorisproposedasanextgenerationpropulsionsystem.Itcanbeusedtoincreasetheperformanceofapropulsionsystem.TheobjectiveofthisstudyistoinvestigatetheperformanceofMHDacceleratorusingnon-equilibriumairplasmaasworkinggas.Inthisstudy,thefundamentalperformanceofMHDacceleratorsuchasflowperformanceandelectricalperformanceisevaluatedatdifferentlevelsofappliedmagneticfieldusing1-Dnumericalsimulation.ThenumericalsimulationisdevelopedbasedonasetofdifferentialequationswithMHDapproximation.TosolvethissetofdifferentialequationstheMacCormackschemeisused.AspecifiedchanneldesignedanddevelopedatNASAMarshallSpaceFlightCentreisusedinthenumericalsimulation.Thecompositionofthesimulatedairplasmaconsistsofsevenspecies,namely,N2,N,O2,O,NO,NO+,ande-.Theperformanceofthenon-equilibriumMHDacceleratorisalsocomparedwiththeequilibriumMHDaccelerator.