Accession Number:

AD0271766

Title:

MASS TRANSFER IN THE HYPERSONIC LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER VISCOUS LAYER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO SCHENECTADY NY

Personal Author(s):

• GOLDBERG, LEON
• SCALA, SINCLAIRE M.

Report Date:

1962-01-15

Pagination or Media Count:

43.0

Abstract:

A study is presented of the low Reynolds number effects encountered by a re-entry vehicle traveling at hypersonic speeds in the Earths atmosphere. Included are real gas effects such as dissociation, and mass transfer from the surface.

Descriptors:

• *HEAT TRANSFER
• *HYPERSONIC FLOW
• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• *REYNOLDS NUMBER
• *CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• COOLING
• NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• DIFFUSION
• DENSITY
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Reentry Vehicles
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE