Numerical and experimental studies of laser propulsion toward micro-airplane

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4760, Issue II, 2002, Pages 918-928

  Aoki, K ^a   Yabe, T ^a   Nakagawa, R ^a   Yamaguchi, M ^a   Baasandash, C ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experiment; Laser Propulsion; Micro Airplane; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER ABLATION; PENDULUMS; PROPULSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; VOLCANOES; WATER;

LASER PROPULSION;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0036442936     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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