Effect of air pressure on propulsion with TEA CO2 laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1017-1027

  Pakhomov, Andrew V ^a   Lin, Jun ^a   Herren, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 Laser; Coupling Coefficient; Laser Ablation; Laser Propulsion; Mass Removal Rate

Indexed keywords

AIR; BALLISTICS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; PENDULUMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

CO2 LASER; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; LASER PROPULSION; MASS REMOVAL RATE;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS;

EID: 11844258277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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