Impulse dependence on propellant condition in a laser-driven in-tube accelerator

Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 160, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Sasoh, Akihiro ^a   Urabe, Naohide ^a,c   Kim, Sukyum ^a,b   Jeung, In Seuck ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impulse; Laser; Propulsion; Scaling Effect; Shock Waves; Speed of Sound

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; INERT GASES; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROJECTILES; TUBING;

IMPULSE; LASER PROPULSION DEVICES; PROPELLANT GASES; SCALING EFFECTS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33748276265     PISSN: 05493811     EISSN: 05493811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.48.63     Document Type: Article

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