Design of nozzles for partly ionized gases
Author
Baker, Jerry Robison
Date
1959Advisor
Chapman, Alan J.
Degree
Master of Science
Abstract
An analytic expression is obtained for the speed of sound in a partly ionized gas under certain conditions. The method of characteristics is adapted to use this information for the solution of the compressible gas flow potential equation, and the contour of a nozzle which accelerates the gas to a high velocity is calculated graphically to illustrate the application of the method. A modification of Koga's procedure for using a computer to solve the equation is proposed.