EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AIR BEHIND INCIDENT NORMAL SHOCK WAVES

Abstract

The equilibrium temperature, density, and pressure of air behind incident normal shock waves have been calculated. The resulting tables include the effects of chemical reactions, excitation, dissociation, ionization, van der Waal and Coulomb forces. The tables are presented as functions of the ratio of the density behind the shock wave to the density at standard conditions in steps of 0.2. The temperature behind the shock wave T2 is a parameter which ranges from 2000K to 16,000K in 1000K steps. Two sets of tables, for initial conditions of 273.15 and 300.0K, are presented. The densities of air, as a real and as an ideal gas, are compared.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1965
Accession Number
AD0615273

Entities

People

  • Harry J. Davis

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Dissociation
  • Excitation
  • Intact Stability
  • Ionization
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Standards
  • Thermodynamic Properties
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.