GAS DYNAMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE GENERATION OF THE RADICALS IN A SUPERSONIC JET

A simplified one-dimensional model was proposed to treat the gas dynamic problems in a supersonic jet, which was used to produce radicals cooled by supersonic expansion, Based on this model, the gas dynamic equations can be integrated directly to obtain the evolution or the translational temperature and the rotational temperature of free radicals as well as the molecule density. The results show that the heating position where the radicals are generated and the initial rotational temperature of radicals have little effect on the rotational temperature at the down stream detection point, if the heating position is close to the nozzle orifice.