| Abstract: | The kinetics of the ionization and radiation processes taking place in xenon heated in strong shock waves (Mach numbers on the interval 10–20) are numerically investigated. A fairly complete model of the medium and the processes is used. The influence of the radiation efficiency is taken into account on the assumption that the radiation layer is homogeneous and isotropic at every instant of time. The calculated distribution of plasma brightness temperature along the luminous layer is compared with that measured in shock-tube experiments. The experimental data are satisfactorily described by the modeling.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 157–163, November–December, 1992. |
