RADIATION OF STRONG SHOCK WAVES
PROPAGATING IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

K. L. Stepanov , Yu. A. Stankevich , and
L. K. Stanchits

UDC 533.7:519.958

Radiation of a strong shock wave propagating in air 
at heights <=50 km with velocity D = 20-50 km/sec is investigated. From 
the solution of a self-consistent radiation-gasdynamic problem with 
real thermodynamic and optical properties of air the distributions 
of gasdynamic parameters and radiant fluxes in the heating region 
ahead of the front and in the relaxation zone behind a viscous shock 
are obtained. The characteristics of radiation generated by the shock 
wave and going to "infinity" are determined. Calculations of integral 
and spectral radiation fluxes on the earth's surface at different 
stages of the motion of a large asteroid in the atmosphere are given.

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