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Title: Nitric oxide emissions from the high-temperature viscous boundary layers of hypersonic aircraft within the stratosphere

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/93JD01237· OSTI ID:83361
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  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

The authors study the nitric oxide emission characteristics of supersonic aircraft resulting from heating of viscous boundary layers along the skin of the aircraft. Previous study has concentrated on nitric oxide emissions coming from combustion products from the scramjet engines. This work shows that above mach 8, emissions from viscous heating become a significant factor in total emission of nitric oxide. Above mach 16 it becomes the dominant source of emission.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
83361
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 98, Issue D9; Other Information: PBD: 20 Sep 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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