Rarefied gas dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : space-related studies / / edited by E.P. Muntz, D.P. Weaver, D.H. Campbell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457219203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c1989
• ISBN: 1-60086-590-9; 1-60086-371-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (583 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 116
• Altri autori (Persone): MuntzE. Phillip <1934-> (Eric Phillip); WeaverD. P; CampbellD. H (David H.)
• Disciplina: 629.1 s; 629.132/3
• Soggetti: Rarefied gas dynamics; Space sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Technical papers selected from the sixteenth International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Pasadena, California, July 10-16, 1988, subsequently revised for this volume."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter I. Rarefied Atmospheres""; ""Nonequilibrium Nature of Ion Distribution Functions in the High Latitude Auroral Ionosphere""; ""VEGA Spacecraft Aerodynamics in the Gas-Dust Rarefied Atmosphere of Halley's Comet""; ""Oscillations of a Tethered Satellite of Small Mass due to Aerodynamic Drag""; ""Chapter II. Plasmas""; ""Semiclassical Approach to Atomic and Molecular Interactions""; ""Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Swarm in a Strong Magnetic Field""; ""Collisional Transport in Magnetoplasmas in the Presence of Differential Rotation""""Electron Oscillations, Landau, and Collisional Damping in a Partially Ionized Plasma""; ""Bifurcating Families of Periodic Traveling Waves in Rarefied Plasmas""; ""Chapter III. Atomic Oxygen Generation and Effects""; ""Laboratory Simulations of Energetic Atom Interactions Occurring in Low Earth Orbit""; ""High-; Energy/Intensity CW Atomic Oxygen Beam Source""; ""Development of a Low-Power, High Velocity Atomic Oxygen Source""; ""Options for Generating Greater Than 5-eV Atmospheric Species""; ""Laboratory Results for 5-eV Oxygen Atoms on Selected Spacecraft Materials""""Chapter IV. Plumes""; ""Modeling Free Molecular Plume Flow and Impingement by an Ellipsoidal Distribution Function""; ""Plume Shape Optimization of Small Attitude Control Thrusters Concerning Impingement and Thrust""; ""Backscatter Contamination Analysis""; ""Thruster Plume Impingement Forces Measured in a Vacuum Chamber and Conversion to Real Flight Conditions""; ""Neutralization of a 50-MeV H~Beam Using the Ring Nozzle""; ""Chapter V. Tube Flow""; ""Rarefied Gas Flow Through Rectangular Tubes:Experimental and Numerical Investigation""""Experimental Investigation of Rarefied Flow Through Tubes of Various Surface Properties""; ""Monte Carlo Simulation on Mass Flow Reduction due to Roughness of a Slit Surface""; ""Chapter VI. Expansion Flowfields""; ""Translational Nonequilibrium Effects in Expansion Flows of Argon""; ""Three-Dimensional Freejet Flow from a Finite Length Slit""; ""Modification of the Simons Model for Calculation of Nonradial Expansion Plumes""; ""Simulation of Multicomponent Nozzle Flows into a Vacuum""; ""Kinetic Theory Model for the Flow of a Simple Gas from a Two-Dimensional Nozzle""""Transient and Steady Inertially Tethered Clouds of Gas in a Vacuum""; ""Radially Directed Underexpanded Jet from a Ring-Shaped Nozzle""; ""Three-Dimensional Structures of Interacting Freejets""; ""Flow of a Freejet into a Circular Orifice in a Perpendicular Wall""; ""Chapter VII. Surface Interactions""; ""Particle Surface Interaction in the Orbital Context:A Survey""; ""Sensitivity of Energy Accommodation Modeling of Rarefied Flow Over Re-Entry Vehicle Geometries Using DSMC""; ""Determination of Momentum Accommodation from Satellite Orbits: An Alternative Set of Coefficients""