Accession Number:

AD0288024

Title:

CATALYTIC SURFACE RECOMBINATION IN BOUNDARYLAYER PROFILES OF THE FALKNER-SKAN TYPE

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• RAE,WILLIAM J.

Report Date:

1962-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Reactant concentrations in the diffusion-controlled flow over a surface of constant catalycity are calculated for the Falkner-Skan family of profiles. The heat release due to surface recombination is found to be insensitive to the pressure gradient when the wall is relatively noncatalytic for catalytic walls a decreasing pressure gradient i.e., more strongly accelerated flow tends to increase the heat transfer. Author

Descriptors:

• (*BOUNDARY LAYER)
• (*REENTRY VEHICLES)
• (*RECOMBINATION REACTIONS)
• (*CATALYSTS)
• (*HEAT OF REACTION)
• (*HEAT OF TRANSFER)
• (*HYPERSONIC FLOW)
• NUMERICAL INTEGRATION

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE