Abstract
The vibrational relaxation zone of incident shock waves in oxygen has been observed with the laser schlieren technique. Thirty experiments were examined covering the temperature range 1000–3700°K. The experimental observations were subjected to an accurate numerical analysis based on the energy relaxation equation [dEν/dt=(Eνeq−Eν)/τ], and the temperature dependence of τ derived from individual experiments was compared with the temperature dependence derived from the entire set. The two temperature trends are found to agree, showing the adequacy of the energy equation as a description of relaxation in oxygen. The variation of the relaxation time with temperature is given by Pτ = (2.92 ± 0.20) × 10−10 exp [(126.0 ± 0.9)/T⅓] atm sec, which is in general agreement with previous data. Possible reasons for the apparent failure of the energy equation in the CO2 relaxation experiments of Johannesen et al. are discussed. A simple modification of the Blackman procedure for the analysis of relaxation data is suggested. This modification is shown to reduce the discrepancy between exact and approximate values of τ by a factor of three for O2 relaxation at temperatures greater than 1200°K.
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Created | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 28, 2004, 12:47 a.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 2, 2023, 6:28 p.m.) |
Indexed | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (April 10, 2025, 6:30 a.m.) |
Issued | 59 years ago (Sept. 1, 1966) |
Published | 59 years ago (Sept. 1, 1966) |
Published Online | 20 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 9, 2004) |
Published Print | 59 years ago (Sept. 1, 1966) |
@article{Lutz_1966, title={Structure of the Vibrational Relaxation Zone of Shock Waves in Oxygen}, volume={9}, ISSN={0031-9171}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1761918}, DOI={10.1063/1.1761918}, number={9}, journal={The Physics of Fluids}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Lutz, Robert W. and Kiefer, John H.}, year={1966}, month=sep, pages={1638–1642} }