AEROTHERMODYNAMIC AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME GAS MIXTURES TO MACH 20

摘要

Pressure, temperature, chemical composition and electrical conductivity data are presented for gas mixtures behind strong air shocks and detonations of hydrogen-air and acetylene-air mixtures up to Mach 20. A digital computer program has been developed which solves the simultan-eous aerodynamic and chemical equilibrium equations. The latest thermo-dynamic and collision cross section data are used. Data are also presented where in the initial gas composition was varied to obtain the maximum elec-trical conductivity for a given shock or detonation strength.