| Abstract: | Many of the published theoretical studies of quasi-one-dimensional flows with combustion have been devoted to combustion in a nozzle, wake, or streamtube behind a normal shock wave 1–6].Recently, considerable interest has developed in the study of two-dimensional problems, specifically, the effective combustion of fuel in a supersonic air stream.In connection with experimental studies of the motion of bodies in combustible gas mixtures using ballistic facilities 7–9], the requirement has arisen for computer calculations of two-dimensional supersonic gas flow past bodies in the presence of combustion.In preceding studies 10–12] the present author has solved the steady-state problem under very simple assumptions concerning the structure of the combustion zone in a detonation wave.In the present paper we obtain a numerical solution of the problem of supersonic hydrogen-air flow past a sphere with account for the nonequilibrium nature of eight chemical reactions. The computations encompass only the subsonic and transonic flow regions.The author thanks G. G. Chernyi for valuable comments during discussion of the article. |
