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Stagnation point heat transfer in a relaxing gas

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Title Stagnation point heat transfer in a relaxing gas
Names Wilson, Robert E. (Robert Elliott) (creator)
Larson, Milton B. (advisor)
Date Issued 1963-08-07 (iso8601)
Note Graduation date: 1964
Abstract Stagnation point heat transfer in a gas undergoing relaxation of its
internal energy is examined by solution of the equations of motion
using the two temperature approach of Wang Chang and Uhlenbeck.
The results are presented in parametric form and show that relaxation effects produce an adiabatic wall temperature above the free
stream stagnation temperature, which is related to the thermal conductivity
of the ''inert" mode, the dimensionless relaxation length,
the ratio of the translational mode temperature to the temperature
of the relaxing mode at the edge of the boundary layer, and the
magnitude of the internal energy undergoing relaxation. An experiment
is described whereby the thermal conductivity of the "inert"
mode, which is unknown, may be determined from adiabatic wall
temperature measurements.
Genre Thesis/Dissertation
Topic Gas dynamics
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/48960

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