The invention discloses a
plasma-based variable mach number wind tunnel design method, and belongs to the technical field of wind tunnel design in
aerodynamics. The problem that in the prior art, a traditional variable Mach number wind tunnel needs to replace a specific spray
pipe, so that the
test efficiency is low is solved. The method comprises the steps of determining overall aerodynamic parameters; determining the section size of the stable section according to the wind tunnel flow, the set
simulation temperature and the set
simulation pressure; the method comprises the following steps: constructing axial Mach number distribution by setting an idea of calculating a wall surface profile by axial Mach number distribution, designing a
nozzle outlet Mach number in combination with a
transonic speed theory, and verifying the
nozzle outlet Mach number by a computational fluid
mechanics method; and the number of excited
plasma generators is controlled, a volumetric force field generated by
plasma excitation is solved by adopting a aesthetic model, the changed
nozzle outlet Mach number is obtained, and the variable Mach number wind tunnel design is completed. The method effectively improves the efficiency of the test adopting the variable Mach number wind tunnel, and can be applied to design of the variable Mach number wind tunnel.