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1255
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<TITLE>
the flow about a charged body moving in the lower atmosphere .
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<AUTHOR>
hunziker,r.r.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
j. ae. scs. 1960.
</BIBLIO>
<TEXT>
  the flow about an electrically charged body traveling at high
speeds through the lower ionosphere is analyzed .  a simple
gas model composed of electrons, ions, and neutral particles is
used and the hydrodynamic description given is based on maxwell's
transfer equations for a mixture .
  the conditions under which local statistical equilibrium can
be assumed are discussed, and different approaches to determine
the gasdynamic force in the subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic
cases are indicated .  the reciprocal action of the electric field
of the flow on the body is also analyzed and a formula for the
resultant electric force is given .  the total force on the body
is equal to the sum of the gasdynamic force and the electric force .
  the negative potential acquired by a plane body is also
calculated .  finally, the lack of validity of debye's linearization
in this case and the solution of the exterior nonlinear problem
which characterize the electric potential and the electron distribution
are discussed .
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