Effects of water vapor condensation on the performance of supersonic flow chemical oxygen-iodine laser

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-279

  Masuda, Wataru ^a   Satoh, Miyako ^a   Yamada, Hirokazu ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical Laser; Condensation; Iodine; Numerical Simulation; Oxygen; Supersonic Flow; Water Vapor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; EFFECTS; IODINE; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE; VAPORS;

LASER POWER; OPTICAL LOSSES; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN COEFFICIENT; SUPERSONIC EXPANSION; WATER DROPLETS; WATER VAPOR;

SUPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 0030144798     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.39.273     Document Type: Article

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