Rarefied gas dynamics : space science and engineering / edited by Bernie D. Shizgal, David P. Weaver.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Shizgal, Bernie D.

Weaver, David P.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (18th : 1992 : Vancouver, B.C.)

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 160.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, 0079-6050 ; v. 160

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rarefied gas dynamics--Congresses.

Rarefied gas dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of three volumes that contain revised versions of technical papers presented at the July 1992 symposium. The present volume contains 48 papers in five chapters: satellite aerodynamis; rarefied aerodynamic flows; hypersonic rarefied flows; plasma physics; and transport phenomena and processes. No

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgment of Support""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1. Satellite Aerodynamics""; ""Aerodynamic Characteristics Derived from Observation of Satellite Motion""; ""Numerical Analysis of Aerothermodynamic Environment of HITEN Spacecraft Aerobrake Experiment""; ""Manned Mars Entry Vehicle Aerothermodynamic Analysis""; ""Measurement and Prediction of Aerodynamic Effecton YOHKOH Satellite at Lower Earth Orbit""; ""Particle Simulation of Satellite Aerobraking with Coupled Surface Heat Transfer""

""Measuring Lift Coefficient in Free Molecular Flow While Aerobraking Magellan""""Vehicle Aerodynamics in the Transition Regime""; ""Chapter 2. Rarefied Aerodynamic Flows""; ""Aerodynamics of Rarefied Gases and High-Altitude Flight""; ""Force and Heat Transfer on Delta Wing from Continuum to Free Molecular Flow""; ""Computational Tools for Rarefied Aerodynamics""; ""Monte Carlo Simulation of Plume Effects on Space Vehicles""; ""Investigation of Nozzle and Plume Expansions of a Small Helium Thruster""

""Investigation of Aerodynamic Control Surface Efficiency in Transitional Regime of Rarefied Gas""""Application of Local Method in Prediction of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Complex Configurations""; ""Computation of Transitional Flows Around Three-Dimensional Re-Entry Bodies""; ""Experimental Study of Angular Dispersion of Liquid Drop Streams""; ""Kinetic Theory Model Predictions Compared with Low-Thrust Axisymmetric Nozzle Plume Data""; ""Transient Behavior of a Rarefied Gas Mixture to Sudden Start of Reaction at an Infinite Plane Catalytic Wall""; ""Chapter 3. Hypersonic Rarefied Flows""

""Direct Monte Carlo Simulations of Hypersonic Low-Density Flows About an ASTV Including Wake Structure""""Direct Monte Carlo Simulations of Hypersonic Viscous Interactions Including Separation""; ""Direct Simulation of Rarefied Hypersonic Flow over a Flat Plate with Incomplete Surface Accommodation""; ""Unified Plots of Hypersonic Flow past Flat Plates in Transition Regime""; ""lonization Reactions and Electric Fields in Plane Hypersonic Shock Waves""; ""Direct Simulation of the Hypersonic Rarefied Flow of Nitrogen and Argon past a Delta Wing""

""Direct Simulation of a Hypersonic Shock Interaction Problem""""Slender Lifting Body Axial Force Prediction in Hypersonic Rarefied Flow""; ""Rarefied Hypersonic Flow over a Sharp Flat Plate:Numerical and Experimental Results""; ""Rarefied Hypersonic Flow over a Flat Plate withTruncated Leading Edge""; ""Aerodynamic Optimization for Hypersonic Flight at Very High Altitudes""; ""Effects of Mach Number, T(wall), T(infinity), and Thermal Accommodation Coefficient on Flow Around Bluff Bodies in the Rarefied Regime""; ""Rarefied Flow Simulations About a Blunt-Ended Cylinder at Incidence""

""Chapter 4. Plasma Physics""

Notes:

"Technical papers from the proceedings of the eighteenth International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 26-30, 1992, and subsequently revised for this volume."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-632-8

1-60086-413-9

OCLC:

922979116