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Numerical simulation of hypersonic flows around space vehicles descending in the Martian atmosphere

Yu. D. Shevelev^a, N. G. Syzranova^a, E. V. Kustova^b, E. A. Nagnibeda<sup>b

a</sup> Institute for Computer Aided Design of RAS, Moscow
^b Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University

Abstract: We study the hypersonic flow near a space vehicle in the Martian atmosphere. In the frame of the model of a viscous shock layer, we consider the effect of chemical reactions, non-equilibrium excitation of internal molecular degrees of freedom and multicomponent diffusion on the flow parameters and on the heat flux to the surface of the spacecraft.

Keywords: hypersonic flow, chemical reactions, carbon dioxide, vibrational relaxation, bulk viscosity, diffusion, heat flux, wall catalysis properties.

Received: 06.10.2009

 English version: Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations, 2011, 3:2, 205–224

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