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Dynamics of a dissociating gas Part I Equilibrium flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

M. J. Lighthill
M. J. Lighthill
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Department of Mathmatics, University of Manchester
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Abstract

Atmospheric dissociation will be appreciable in the neighbourhood of projectiles travelling at speeds greater than 2 km/sec. This introductory paper on possible effects of dissociation on the airflow, and hence on the drag, stability and aerodynamic heating of such projectiles, is intended mainly as a source of ideas for later, more comprehensive investigations.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1957 , pp. 1 - 32
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© 1957 Cambridge University Press

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