Volume 2, Issue 9 No AccessApproximate theoretical calculation of continuum opacitiesS. S. PENNER and M. THOMASS. S. PENNER California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.Search for more papers by this author and M. THOMAS California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:17 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/3.2623SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byPublications by S. S. PennerRadiation Transfer through High-Temperature Shock Layers23 August 2012RADIATION TRANSFER THROUGH HIGH-TEMPERATURE SHOCK LAYERSSIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR OPACITY CALCULATIONS**Chapter 1 is by S. S. Penner.††The author is happy to acknowledge support for research on opacities by the Physics Branch of the Office of Naval Research and, more recently, also by the Advanced Research Projects Agency through the Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics.RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY, RADIATION MEAN FREE PATHS, CONSERVATION EQUATIONS, AND SIMILARITY PARAMETERS**Chapter 2 is by S. S. PENNER and D. B. OLFE.Absorption coefficients of heated air: A tabulation to 24 000°KJournal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 6, No. 4Convective and radiative heat transfer during superorbital entryH. HOSHIZAKI and K. WILSON16 August 2012 What's Popular Volume 2, Number 9September 1964 Crossmark TopicsMaterial PropertiesMaterials and Structural MechanicsOptical PropertiesPlasma PhysicsSpace Science and Technology KeywordsAbsorption CoefficientDegree of IonizationThermodynamic FunctionsPDF Published online17 May 2012