COMPUTATIONS OF THE NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOW OF A VISCOUS, RADIATING FLUID ABOUT A BLUNT AXISYMMETRIC BODY. VOLUME I: EQUATIONS AND RESULTS.

Abstract

A Fortran IV computer program capable of calculating the radiant, viscous, nonequilibrium flow about a blunt-nosed axisymmetric or two-dimensional body is described. The program uses an iterated inverse method in the subsonic transonic region and a modification of the method of characteristics in the supersonic region. The displacement effect of the boundary layer is accounted for by a unique step-by-step method. Equilibrium radiation at the nonequilibrium temperature and composition is computed and used to calculate the radiant heating of the body nose assuming the shock layer is optically thin. An optional calculation of the effect of a magnetic field on the ionized flow in the nose region is included. The report concludes with the analysis of the nonequilibrium flow over a hemisphere cylinder at 14,000 fps. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0660104

Entities

People

  • C. R. Strom
  • J. T. Curtis

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Bodies
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Layers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Method Of Characteristics
  • Nonequilibrium Flow
  • Radiant Heating
  • Radiation
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

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