Abstract
The rotationally inelastic collision cross sections for the statistical inelastic cross section (SICS) model were estimated from the rotational collision number of experimental data and the rotational collision number calculated using the Wang-Chang-Uhlenbeck theory with the classical trajectory calculation (CTC). The SICS model with rotationally inelastic collision cross sections, presented in this study, were applied to the simulation of nitrogen normal shock wave structure and compared with experimental results. The density structures of SICS based on the rotational collision number of CTC and experiment in the shock wave were in reasonable agreement with those of experimental results. The structures of rotational temperature of SICS based on the rotational collision number of experiment were in good agreement with those of experimental results, however the structures of rotational temperature of SICS based on the rotational collision number of CTC in the highly non-equilibrium state were in poor agreement with those of experimental data.
