Conservative Bin-to-Bin Fractional Collisions

Abstract

Importance of Collision Physics. Discharge and Breakdown in FRC Collisional Radiative Cooling/Ionization. Combustion Chemistry. Common Features in Spacecraft Collisions: Relevant Densities Spanning. Many Orders of Magnitude6+. Transitions from Collisional to Collisionless. Tiny Early e or Radical Populations Critical to Induction Delay. Many types of Inelastic Collisions with Unknown Effects on Distribution Shapes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2016
Accession Number
AD1014945

Entities

People

  • Robert Martin

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Bow Shock
  • Collisions
  • Delta Functions
  • Dynamic Range
  • Equations
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Military Research
  • Rarefied Gas Dynamics
  • Rarefied Gases
  • Shock
  • Shock Tests
  • Simulations
  • Space Propulsion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster