An overview of the experimental 50-cm laser ramjet (X-50LR) program

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 830, Issue , 2006, Pages 534-552

  Mead Jr , Franklin B ^a   Larson, C William ^a   Knecht, Sean D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delrin; Impulse; Laser propulsion; Laser ramjet; Lightcraft. CO 2 laser; Shadowgraph

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845442739     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2203296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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