Effects of H2O vapor on vibrational relaxation in expanding and contracting flows

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Meador, Willard E ^a   Townsend, Lawrence W ^a,b   Miner, Gilda A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; GAS DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; SHOCK TUBES;

ANHARMONICITIES; COLLISIONAL TRANSFER; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; EXPANSION TUBES; REFLECTED SHOCKS; SUPERSONIC AND HYPERSONIC; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EID: 85088358118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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