A TIME-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS FOR QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL NOZZLE FLOWS WITH VIBRATIONAL AND CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM

Abstract

A new technique is presented for the numerical solution of quasi-one- dimensional, vibrational and chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flows including nonequilibrium conditions both upstream and downstream of the throat. This new technique is a time-dependent analysis which entails the explicite finite- difference solution of the quasi-one-dimensional unsteady flow equations in steps of time, starting with assumed initial distributions throughout the nozzle. The steady-state solution is approached at large values of time. A virtue of the present time-dependent analysis is its simplicity, which prevails from its initial physical formulation to the successful receipt of numerical results. Also, the present solution yields the transient as well as the steady- state nonequilibrium nozzle flows. To exemplify the present analysis, results are given for several cases of vibrational and chemical nonequilibrium expansions through nozzles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693987

Entities

People

  • John D. Anderson Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Equations
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mass Flow
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions
  • Nonequilibrium Flow
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Payload
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Relaxation Time
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • United States
  • Unsteady Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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