Accession Number:
AD0649386
Title:
HYPERSONIC RAREFIED PLASMA FLOWS.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept., 14 Oct 66,
Corporate Author:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO PHILADELPHIA PA MISSILE AND SPACE DIV
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1966-10-15
Pagination or Media Count:
79.0
Abstract:
A numerical method for the solution of the non-linear Boltzmann equation of hard sphere molecules is developed, in which approximations are made only in the sense of numerical truncations. The distribution function is evaluated at a three-dimensional grid of distinct velocity points. A five fold Gaussian quadrature is performed to evaluate the five derivatives at these points. The distribution function is then evaluated at t sub o delta t by solving a system of first order ordinary differential equations. In the non-linear case the grid is no longer closed, and the procedure to circumvent the difficulty is described. This technique is applied to the problem of non-linear, homogeneous, pseudo-shock relaxation. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics