Joseph Shang is a Research Professor Emeritus at Wright State University, USA, and a Scientist Emeritus at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Ohio State University. Dr. Shang is a pioneer of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Electromagnetics (CEM), and led the development of three-dimensional, mass-averaged Navier-Stokes equations simulations for the aerodynamic performance of aerospace vehicles as well as the characteristic-based formulation for solving three-dimensional Maxwell equations in the time domain. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronauts and Astronautics, and serves on the advisory board of the Aerospace Engineering Department. He has written nearly 400 articles and conference papers, as well as 14 book chapters.

• Preface ix1 Plasma Fundamentals 1Introduction, 11.1 Electromagnetic Field, 31.2 Debye Length, 71.3 Plasma Frequency, 101.4 Poisson Equation of Plasmadynamics, 121.5 Electric Conductivity, 131.6 Generalized Ohm's Law, 161.7 Maxwell's Equations, 191.8 Waves in Plasma, 201.9 Electromagnetic Waves Propagation, 231.10 Joule Heating, 271.11 Transport Properties, 291.12 Ambipolar Diffusion, 322 Ionization Processes 36Introduction, 362.1 Microscopic Description of Gas, 382.2 Macroscopic Description of Gas, 432.3 Chemical Reactions and Equilibrium, 472.4 Saha Equation of Ionization, 502.5 Ionization Mechanisms, 512.6 Photoionization, 542.7 Thermal Ionization, 562.8 Electron Impact Ionization, 613 Magnetohydrodynamics Formulation 69Introduction, 693.1 Basic Assumptions of MHD, 713.2 Ideal MHD Equations, 743.3 Eigenvalues of Ideal MHD Equation, 803.4 Full MHD Equations, 863.5 Shock Jump Condition in Plasma, 913.6 Solutions of MHD Equations, 954 Computational Electromagnetics 102Introduction, 1024.1 Time-Dependent Maxwell Equations, 1054.2 Characteristic-Based Formulation, 1084.3 Governing Equations on Curvilinear Coordinates, 1124.4 Far Field Boundary Conditions, 1214.5 Finite-Difference Approximation, 1234.6 Finite-Volume Approximation, 1314.7 High-Resolution Algorithms, 1375 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Scattering 146Introduction, 1465.1 Plane Electromagnetic Waves, 1475.2 Motion in Waveguide, 1505.3 Wave Passes through Plasma Sheet, 1555.4 Pyramidal Horn Antenna, 1605.5 Wave Reflection and Scattering, 1685.6 Radar Signature Reduction, 1775.7 A Prospective of CEM in the Time Domain, 1806 Computational Fluid Dynamics 192Introduction, 1926.1 Governing Equations, 1946.2 Viscous-Inviscid Interactions, 1996.3 Self-Sustained Oscillations, 2096.4 Vortical Dynamics, 2216.5 Laminar-Turbulent Transition, 2287 Computational Electromagnetic-Aerodynamics 237Introduction, 2377.1 Multifluid Plasma Model, 2397.2 Governing Equations of CEA, 2427.3 Chemical Kinetics for Thermal Ionization, 2507.4 Chemical Kinetics for Electron Impact Ionization, 2587.5 Transport Properties, 2627.6 Numerical Algorithms, 2688 Modeling Electron Impact Ionization 279Introduction, 2798.1 Transport Property via Drift-Diffusion Theory, 2828.2 Drift-Diffusion Theory in Transverse Magnetic Field, 2898.3 Boundary Conditions on Electrodes, 2928.4 Quantum Chemical Kinetics, 3008.5 Numerical Algorithms, 3058.6 Innovative Numerical Procedures, 3119 Joule-Heating Actuators 325Introduction, 3259.1 Features of Direct Current Discharge, 3279.2 Virtual Leading Edge Strake, 3339.3 Magnetic Field Amplification, 3419.4 Virtual Variable Geometry Cowl, 3499.5 Trailing Edge of Airfoil, 3589.6 Hydrodynamic Stability and Self-Oscillation, 36210 Lorentz-Force Actuator 369Introduction, 36910.1 Remote Energy Deposition, 37110.2 Stagnation Point Heat Transfer Mitigation, 37610.3 Features of Dielectric Barrier Discharge, 37910.4 Periodic Electrostatic Force, 39010.5 DBD Flow Control Actuator, 40210.6 Laminar-Turbulent Transition, 40610.7 Ion Thrusters for Space Exploration, 40810.8 Plasma Micro Jet, 413Index 419