Progress Report for Contract N00014-93-1-0015 (University of Wisconsin)

Abstract

The author has worked on two aspects of multi-dimensional shock capturing. The first project has been a multifaceted effort to understand dynamic liquid-vapor interface propagation from a kinetic point of view. Slemrod has modeled the phenomenon via a Boltzmann like cluster dynamics model. Clusters represent groupings of molecules of various cluster sizes which can collide elastically and inelastically. The inelastic collisions can produce coagulation of clusters or fragmentation of a cluster. A fluid made of only small cluster sizes would represent a dilute vapor while one containing very large cluster sizes would be a metastable supersaturated vapor. The model via various scaling limits give's sets of model equations describing vapor flow iii various transition regimes. Furthermore, with his co-authors Slemrod has performed numerical experiments modeling vapor to saturated vapor phase change encountered when a dilute vapor encounters a rigid wall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282986

Entities

People

  • Marshall Slemrod

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Computer Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Kinetic Theory
  • Liquid Propellant Guns
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Military Research
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Propellants
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Vapor Phases

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  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.