Research Article

Computationally Efficient Assessments of the Effects of Radiative Transfer, Turbulence Radiation Interactions, and Finite Rate Chemistry in the Mach 20 Reentry F Flight Vehicle

Table 1

Reactions and rate constants employed in this study [28].

ReactionPreexponential factorActivation energy (J/kmol)Temperature exponent
M = O2, N2, NOM = N, OM = O2, N2, NOM = N, OM = O2, N2, NOM = N, O

N2 + M → 2N + M7.0E + 183.0E + 199.4114E + 089.4114E + 08−1.6−1.6
O2 + M → 2O + M2.0E + 181.0E + 194.9468E + 084.9468E + 08−1.5−1.5
NO + M → N + O + M5.0E + 121.1E + 146.2771E + 086.2771E + 080.00.0
N2 + O → NO + N6.4E + 143.1926E + 08−1.0
NO + O → O2 + N8.4E + 091.6171E + 080.0