Accession Number:
AD0768612
Title:
Numerical Studies in Gas Dynamics.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept. 15 Apr 72-14 Apr 73,
Corporate Author:
SYDNEY UNIV (AUSTRALIA) DEPT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1973-04-15
Pagination or Media Count:
6.0
Abstract:
A study was made of the flow which results when an initially uniform gas expands into a vacuum through a complete one-dimensional rarefaction wave and then strikes a solid wall or similar opposite facing rarefaction. Calculation of the asymptotic temperature at the wall or line of symmetry involves a molecular analysis of the initial stages of reflection. A direct simulation Monte Carlo method was supported by continuum calculations and experiment. A combined numerical analytical and experimental study was also carried out for the thermal forces on very small particles suspended in the atmosphere. Modified author abstract
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Subject Categories:
- Fluid Mechanics