Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.20944/preprints202301.0135.v1

Publication Title

Preprints.org

Pages

1-22

Abstract

The evolution in the post shock nonequilibrium relaxation in a hypersonic plasma flow was investigated during a shock’s reflection off a thermal discontinuity. Within a transitional period, the relaxation zone parameters past both, the reflected and transmitted waves, evolve differently compared to that in the incident wave. In a numerical example for the non-dissociating N2 gas heated to 5000 K/10,000 K across the interface and M = 3.5, the relaxation time for the transmitted wave is up to 50% shorter and the relaxation depth for both waves is significantly reduced, thus resulting in a weakened wave structure. The results of extension into larger values of heating strength and the shock Mach numbers are discussed. The findings can be useful in the areas of research involving strong shocks interacting with optical discharges or other heated media on the scale where the shock structure becomes important.

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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Comments

This version is not peer-reviewed.

Original Publication Citation

Markhotok, A. (2023). The post shock nonequilibrium relaxation in a hypersonic plasma flow involving reflection off a thermal discontinuity. Preprints, 2023010135 https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0135.v1

ORCID

0000-0002-2599-6671 (Markhotok)

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