Question

During the entry of the apollo space vehicle into earth's atmosphere, the mach number at a given point on the trajectory was m = 38 and the atmospheric temperature was 270 k. (a) calculate the temperature at the stagnation point of the vehicle, assuming a calorically perfect gas with γ = 1.4. (b) what will happen at sea in actual case? above results over predicted or under predicted? (hint: consider second law and equilibrium chemistry)

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