Molecular dynamics modeling of normal shock waves in monatomic and polyatomic gas mixtures.

Large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using the Lennard-Jones potential are performed to study the structure of normal shock waves in dilute Nitrogen and mixtures of Helium-Argon and Helium-Xenon. The use of realistic MD simulations of normal shock waves promises to provide a more detailed solution than can be provided experimentally, providing a means to validate and create better DSMC models. MD simulations of Nitrogen and Helium-Argon mixtures show promising comparisons to experimental results, with near perfect agreement between MD and DSMC using Generalized Hard Sphere (GHS).

Author dc:creator

• Tump, Patrick Alan

• Aerospace engineering and mechanics

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Repository record dc:identifier.uri

http://purl.umn.edu/117016

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oai:conservancy.umn.edu:11299/117016