Numerical Calculations of Viscous High-Altitude Exhaust Plume Flow Fields

Abstract

The report describes the results of exhaust plume flow field computations at ionospheric altitudes. Viscous transport, including multicomponent and pressure diffusion, is included in the plume-atmosphere shock layer. The shocks are treated as discontinuities across which the Rankine- Hugoniot relations are applied. The intent of the calculations is to provide detailed composition and temperature distributions in the entire flow from the high temperature bow region to the trailing Mach disc region. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0756792

Entities

People

  • Frederick P. Boynton

Organizations

  • Wayne State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Equations
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Exhaust Plumes
  • Far Field
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Altitude
  • Isotherms
  • Jet Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Flow
  • Mean Free Path
  • Near Field
  • Pressure Gradients

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics