High Temperature Phenomena in Shock Waves

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brun, Raymond (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Shock Wave Science and Technology Reference Library ; 7
• Subjects: Engineering.; Fluids.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

The high temperatures generated in gases by shock waves give rise to physical and chemical phenomena such as molecular vibrational excitation, dissociation, ionization, chemical reactions and inherently related radiation. In continuum regime, these processes start from the wave front, so that genera...