EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOW STUDIES
Abstract
Experimental and numerical studies of the nonequilibrium shock layer around cones in hypersonic pure oxygen flows are reported. Experimental conditions are such that rotational, vibrational and dissociation relaxation occur simultaneously. Attention is given to the effect of coupled relaxation on the flow properties in the shock layer. The phenomenological models of Hammerling, et al, and Treanor and Marrone predict the flow field qualitatively correct. However, quantitative differences in shock geometry and density distribution are appreciable. Better quantitative agreement with experiment is reached in these models a temperature dependent efficiency of O2 and O in the relaxation processes is assumed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0692829
Entities
People
- Joseph H. Spurk
Organizations
- Ballistic Research Laboratory