Energy partitions in inductively heated plasma sources for reentry simulations

Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 388-395

  Lenzner, S ^a,c   Auweter Kurtz, M ^a   Heiermann, J ^a   Sleziona, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTHALPY; HEAT FLUX; JETS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA SIMULATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUBSONIC FLOW;

INDUCTIVE HEATING;

PLASMA SOURCES;

EID: 0034224160     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6536     Document Type: Article

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