ON THE EXPANSION OF A GAS INTO VACUUM,

Abstract

A study is made of the flow into vacuum of a gas initially at rest in a state of uniform pressure and density; the analysis is based on a continuum model. Among the topics discussed are the motion of the gasvacuum interface, the reflexion of a plane front off a rigid wall, the propagation of compressive waves within such expansions, the escape from a sphere and the collapse of a spherical cavity.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 24, 1961
Accession Number
AD0611294

Entities

People

  • D. S. Butler
  • H. P. Greenspan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collapse
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Mechanics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics