Thermal shock resistance of infrared transmitting windows and domes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2826-2836

  Klein, Claude A ^a,b  

^a CAK Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending stress; Figure of merit; Heat flux; Infrared material; Infrared window; Missile dome; Stagnation temperature; Thermal shock; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000226393     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601820     Document Type: Article

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