Experimental detection of rotational non-Boltzmann distribution in supersonic free molecular nitrogen flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Mori, Hideo ^a   Niimi, Tomohide ^a   Akiyama, Isao ^a   Tsuzuki, Takumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; JETS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; PHOTONS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

KNUDSEN NUMBER; MOLECULAR NITROGEN FLOWS; NITROGEN IONS; ROTATIONAL NON-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION;

SUPERSONIC FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30044443533     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2130752     Document Type: Article

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