IONIZATION OF CESIUM AND SODIUM CONTAMINATED AIR IN THE HYPERSONIC SLENDER BODY BOUNDARY LAYER

Abstract

An approximate procedure is used to predict the effect on air ionization of small amounts of cesium and sodium in the ablating surface material of pointed cones. Ionization is assumed to occur due to finite rate gas phase chemical reactions in the laminar boundary layer. An 11 species (N2, O2, N, O, NO, Cs or Na, NO+, Cs+ or Na+, O2-, O-, e-) 16 reaction chemical system is assumed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0605711

Entities

People

  • M. Lenard

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Charged Particles
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Inert Materials
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Materials
  • Molecular Weight
  • Payload
  • Slender Bodies
  • Space Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight