Analysis of hypersonic flows using finite elements with Taylor–Galerkin scheme

The aim of the present work is to introduce a formulation for the numerical analysis of three-dimensional thermochemical non-equilibrium hypersonic flows, using the finite element method and the Taylor–Galerkin scheme and adopting Park's 2-temperature, 5-species (N2, O2, NO, N and O) and 17-reaction model. Examples using Euler and Navier–Stokes equations are included and compared with experimental and numerical works presented by other authors. The results are close to those analysed by other researches and a good computational performance was obtained. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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