Rarefied Gas Dynamics : Space-Related Studies.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Rarefied Atmospheres -- Nonequilibrium Nature of Ion Distribution Functions in the High Latitude Auroral Ionosphere -- VEGA Spacecraft Aerodynamics in the Gas-Dust Rarefied Atmosphere of Halley's Comet -- Oscillations of a Tethered Satellite of Small Mass due to Aerodynamic Drag -- Chapter II. Plasmas -- Semiclassical Approach to Atomic and Molecular Interactions -- Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Swarm in a Strong Magnetic Field -- Collisional Transport in Magnetoplasmas in the Presence of Differential Rotation -- Electron Oscillations, Landau, and Collisional Damping in a Partially Ionized Plasma -- Bifurcating Families of Periodic Traveling Waves in Rarefied Plasmas -- Chapter III. Atomic Oxygen Generation and Effects -- Laboratory Simulations of Energetic Atom Interactions Occurring in Low Earth Orbit -- High-Energy/Intensity CW Atomic Oxygen Beam Source -- Development of a Low-Power, High Velocity Atomic Oxygen Source -- Options for Generating Greater Than 5-eV Atmospheric Species -- Laboratory Results for 5-eV Oxygen Atoms on Selected Spacecraft Materials -- Chapter IV. Plumes -- Modeling Free Molecular Plume Flow and Impingement by an Ellipsoidal Distribution Function -- Plume Shape Optimization of Small Attitude Control Thrusters Concerning Impingement and Thrust -- Backscatter Contamination Analysis -- Thruster Plume Impingement Forces Measured in a Vacuum Chamber and Conversion to Real Flight Conditions -- Neutralization of a 50-MeV H~Beam Using the Ring Nozzle -- Chapter V. Tube Flow -- Rarefied Gas Flow Through Rectangular Tubes:Experimental and Numerical Investigation -- Experimental Investigation of Rarefied Flow Through Tubes of Various Surface Properties -- Monte Carlo Simulation on Mass Flow Reduction due to Roughness of a Slit Surface.

Chapter VI. Expansion Flowfields -- Translational Nonequilibrium Effects in Expansion Flows of Argon -- Three-Dimensional Freejet Flow from a Finite Length Slit -- Modification of the Simons Model for Calculation of Nonradial Expansion Plumes -- Simulation of Multicomponent Nozzle Flows into a Vacuum -- Kinetic Theory Model for the Flow of a Simple Gas from a Two-Dimensional Nozzle -- Transient and Steady Inertially Tethered Clouds of Gas in a Vacuum -- Radially Directed Underexpanded Jet from a Ring-Shaped Nozzle -- Three-Dimensional Structures of Interacting Freejets -- Flow of a Freejet into a Circular Orifice in a Perpendicular Wall -- Chapter VII. Surface Interactions -- Particle Surface Interaction in the Orbital Context:A Survey -- Sensitivity of Energy Accommodation Modeling of Rarefied Flow Over Re-Entry Vehicle Geometries Using DSMC -- Determination of Momentum Accommodation from Satellite Orbits: An Alternative Set of Coefficients -- Upper Atmosphere Aerodynamics:Gas-Surface Interaction and Comparison with Wind-Tunnel Experiments -- Nonreciprocity in Noble-Gas Metal-Surface Scattering -- Studies of Thermal Accommodation and Conduction in the Transition Regime -- Large Rotational Polarization Observed in a Knudsen Flow of H2-Isotopes Between LiF Surfaces -- Internal State-Dependent Molecule-Surface Interaction Investigated by Surface Light-Induced Drift -- Models for Temperature Jumps in Vibrationally Relaxing Gases -- Variational Calculation of the Slip Coefficient and the Temperature Jump for Arbitrary Gas-Surface Interactions -- Author Index.

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