Abstract
In this paper we use the extensive quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) study recently concluded [Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 104, No. 8, 1996] to model the kinetics of the primary NO formation reaction, N2 + O → NO + N in hypersonic nonequilibrium flows. The QCT data are used to obtain expressions for the thermal rate constant, reactant energy removal, and product energy disposal rates of this reaction. The QCT results are coupled with the continuum conservation flow equations, and these equations are used to simulate the Bow-Shock UltraViolet2 (BSUV2) flow at altitudes between 75 to 87.5km. It is found that the use of the Macheret and Rich [Chemical Physics, Vol. 174, 1993] vibration-dissociation coupling model along with the QCT rates gives improvements in the NO concentration predictions at altitudes between 80 to 85km. Also, we find that the vibrational and rotational temperatures of NO formed are much higher than that of the N2 and O2 in the gas, in accordance with the BSUV2 measurements. The amount NO produced in the flowfields at 87.5 km and above are found to be strongly dependent on the freestream density of atomic oxygen.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| State | Published - 1996 |
| Event | 31st Thermophysics Conference, 1996 - New Orleans, United States Duration: Jun 17 1996 → Jun 20 1996 |
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| Other | 31st Thermophysics Conference, 1996 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | New Orleans |
| Period | 6/17/96 → 6/20/96 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Support for the authors is provided by the Army Research Office under Grant No. DAAH04-93-G-0089. This work was also sponsored in part by the Army High Performance Computing Research Center under the auspices of the Department of the Army, Army Research Laboratory cooperative agreement number DAAH04-95-2-0003 / contract number DAAH04-95-C-0008, the content of which does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.
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© 1996 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved.
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