Accession Number:

AD0285619

Title:

HIGH ALTITUDE SHOCK WAVE STRUCTURE. PART 1. SHOCK WAVE STRUCTURE WITH ROTATIONAL AND VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION. PART 2. A SHOCK TUBE STUDY OF THE THERMAL DISSOCIATION OF NITROGEN

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV

Personal Author(s):

• SCALA, S. M.
• TALBOT, L.
• CARY, B. B.

Report Date:

1962-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

134.0

Abstract:

In an earlier paper Ref. 1 the authors analyzed the structure of a shock wave in a gas having a long relaxation time for its internal molecular rotational degrees of freedom. This analysis has now been extended to the case of a diatomic gas having two relaxation effects, one for the rotational and one for the vibrational degrees of freedom.

Descriptors:

• *SHOCK TUBES
• *SHOCK WAVES
• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• COMPUTERS
• DISSOCIATION
• DYNAMICS
• ENERGY
• EQUATIONS
• GASES
• HYPERSONIC CHARACTERISTICS
• KINETIC THEORY
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• NITROGEN
• PRESSURE
• REACTION KINETICS
• RELAXATION TIME
• ROTATION
• TEMPERATURE
• THEORY
• VELOCITY
• VIBRATION
• VISCOSITY
• VORTICES

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE