Mars entry simulation using an inductively heated plasma generator

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 690-694

  Herdrich, G ^a   Auweter Kurtz, M ^a   Endlich, P ^a   Kurtz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALORIMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FLUORESCENCE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER APPLICATIONS; PYROMETERS; WIND TUNNELS;

INDUCTIVELY HEATED PLASMA GENERATOR; LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0142179316     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6894     Document Type: Article

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