Wall-propelled, in-tube propulsion with repetitive-pulse laser ablation

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 540-542

  Sasoh, Akihiro ^a,b   Suzuki, Shingo ^a,b   Matsuda, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; PROPULSION;

CHEMICAL POWER; PAYLOAD LAUNCHES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REPETITIVE PULSE; TIME VARIATIONS; VACUUM CHAMBERS; VERTICAL LAUNCH;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 65649124886     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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