Ablative impulse characteristics of polyacetal with repetitive CO 2 laser pulses

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-841

  Suzuki, Koji ^a,c   Sawada, Keisuke ^a,d   Takaya, Ryota ^b   Sasoh, Akihiro ^b,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; LASER PULSES; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ABLATION PLUMES; AMBIENT PRESSURES; CO2 LASER PULSE; IMPULSE BALANCE; IMPULSE CHARACTERISTICS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MOMENTUM COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; REPETITION FREQUENCY;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 49249097537     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.32477     Document Type: Article

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