Near-field measurement and modeling results for flight-type arcjet: NH molecule

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-86

  Crofton, Mark W ^a,e   Moore, Teresa A ^a,e   Boyd, Iain D ^b   Masuda, Ideo ^c   Gotoh, Yoshifumi ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Propuls Sci Exp Mechanics Dept ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; HYDRAZINE; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDRAZINE ARCJET THRUSTER; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0035087969     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3657     Document Type: Article

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