title: State-specific dissociation modeling with multiquantum vibration-translation transitions.
abstract: An efficient state-specific model of dissociation using a quadrature approach is proposed by considering multiquantum vibration-translation (VT) transitions (between bound and quasibound vibrational levels) according to the forced harmonic oscillator theory. Application of this model to a pure N₂ gas flow behind a plane shock wave shows that dissociation has a large influence on intermediate and higher vibrational levels and is characterized by state-specific incubation distances, before which VT energy exchanges remain the dominant mechanism just behind the shock.
authors.affiliation: School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA. azizaliat@ou.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aliat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vedula
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Josyula