A Reactive, Equilibrium Hypersonic Flow Over a Slender Pointed Body

Abstract

A reactive, equilibrium hypersonic gas flow over a slender body is treated. The reaction considered is ν₁A+ν₂B=(ν₁+ν₂)C, and it is assumed that the molecular weights, and the specific heats at constant pressure of species “A”, “B” and “C” are the same respectively. It is shown that approximate similarity solutions exist for power law bodies r_b∼x^m. Numerical results for several values of m for two dimensional bodies and bodies of revolution are presented for the reaction N₂+O₂=2NO.