Modeling high-pressure chemical oxygen-iodine lasers

AIAA Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1454-1462

  Carroll, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; OXYGEN;

BLAZE TWO CHEMICAL LASER MODEL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASERS; RESEARCH ASSESSMENT AND DEVICE IMPROVEMENT CHEMICAL LASER;

CHEMICAL LASERS;

EID: 0029359078     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.12490     Document Type: Article

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