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Continuum Breakdown

Continuum Breakdown is a phenomenon in hypersonic aerodynamics wherein the assumption of a continuous fluid medium fails due to significant deviations from local thermodynamic equilibrium, necessitating the transition from continuum-based Navier-Stokes equations to non-continuum or rarefied gas dynamics models.

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2017–2026

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Predicting failure of the continuum fluid equations in transitional hypersonic flows

Iain D. Boyd, Gang Chen, Graham V. Candler · Physics of Fluids · 1995 · 343 citations

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Predicting continuum breakdown in hypersonic viscous flows

Wen-Lan Wang, Iain D. Boyd · Physics of Fluids · 2002 · 160 citations · Full text

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Effects of continuum breakdown on hypersonic aerothermodynamics

Andrew J. Lofthouse, Iain D. Boyd, Michael Wright · Physics of Fluids · 2007 · 108 citations

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Predicting Breakdown of the Continuum Equations Under Rarefied Flow Conditions

Iain D. Boyd · AIP conference proceedings · 2003 · 60 citations · Full text

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Effects of continuum breakdown on hypersonic aerothermodynamics for reacting flow

Timothy D. Holman, Iain D. Boyd · Physics of Fluids · 2011 · 44 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. ID
    Iain D. Boyd

    University of Michigan, United States

    9 publications · 820 citations

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  2. TD
    Timothy D. Holman

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  3. CR
    Christopher R. Schrock

    United States Air Force Research Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  4. RM
    Richard McMullan

    United States Air Force Research Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  5. AJ
    Andrew J. Lofthouse

    United States Air Force Academy, United States

    2 publications · 125 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    858 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    92 citations

  3. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    118 citations

  4. United States Air Force Research Laboratory

    Wright-Patterson AFB, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  5. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  8. Space (Italy)

    Prato, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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  1. Physics of Fluids

    4 publications · 655 citations

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  3. AIP conference proceedings

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  4. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

    2 publications · 57 citations

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  5. 32nd Thermophysics Conference

    Conference · 1 publications · 20 citations

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