Ion and Electron Distributions in the Boundary Layer of Hypersonic Vehicles for Chemical Nonequilibrium Flow. Part 2. Method of Solution and Computer Program

Abstract

A study has been made of ion-electron distributions for a hypersonic vehicle with a 10-degree semivertex, sharply pointed cone at Mach 8 and 10 for sea-level flight. The report is concerned specifically with computational aspects of the ion-electron-distribution equations involved. The equations to be solved are presented to describe the transformations required to simplify their numerical solution. The computational aspects include: transformations to simplify the solutions of the equations; linearization of the equations to permit use of matrix methods, derivation of small-value, asymptotic solutions, and a computer program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734892

Entities

People

  • Arthur Hausner

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Convergence
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • New York
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

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