Plasma-assisted ignition in scramjets

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 641-654

  Jacobsen, Lance S ^a,b,c   Carter, Campbell D ^a,c   Jackson, Thomas A ^a,c   Williams, Skip ^a,c   Barnett, Jack ^a,c   Tam, Chung Jen ^c,d   Baurle, Robert A ^c,e   Bivolaru, Daniel ^c,f,g   Kuo, Spencer ^c,f  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GoHYPERSONIC Inc   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

^d Taitech Inc   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ETHYLENE; FUELS; PLASMA TORCHES; RAMJET ENGINES; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PLASMA-ASSISTED IGNITION; SCRAMJET COMBUSTORS; TOTAL TEMPERATURES; VOLTAGE CONSTRAINTS;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 49249103618     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27358     Document Type: Article

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