Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004em%26p...95..433k&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 95, Issue 1-4, pp. 433-439
Physics
Meteoroids, Drag Coefficient Approximation, Heat Transfer Coefficient Approximation, Free-Molecule Flow Regime, Continuum Flow Regime
Scientific paper
The conservation of the ablation parameter is one of the main assumptions of the classical physical theory of meteors (PTM). But this value does vary dramatically on meteoroids trajectories for the most part of them. The drag and heat-transfer coefficients in the basic equations of PTM are considered from the gasdynamical point of view and mathematically modeled in the present paper. Analytical approximations of the drag and heat transfer coefficients valid for any flow regimes and separate approximation of the drag coefficient for free-molecule regime are offered and discussed. They use the Reynolds number as the main parameter characterizing flow regimes. The variations of coefficients result in the variation of the ablation parameter by 100% for meteoroids, passing all the flow regimes. The importance of correct calculation of the coefficients for meteoroids motion modeling was demonstrated by the numerical examples.
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