Polycrystalline alumina for aerodynamic IR domes and windows

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7302, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Parish, Mark V ^a   Pascucci, Marina R ^a  

^a CeraNova Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic; Alumina; Fabrication; Infrared; Missile domes; Nanograin; Ogive; Rain impact; Thermal shock; Transparent

Indexed keywords

INFRARED; MISSILE DOMES; NANOGRAIN; OGIVE; RAIN IMPACT; TRANSPARENT;

CORUNDUM; FABRICATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN; THERMAL SHOCK; WINDOWS;

DOMES;

EID: 69949119724     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818158     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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2. th DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 28 April-1 May 2008.
3. th DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 28 April-1 May 2008.
4. S. Goodrich, University of Dayton Research Laboratory, under CeraNova's AFOSR contract FA9550-08-C-0002 (2008).
5. D.C. Harris, "Materials for Infrared Windows and Domes, Properties and Performance, " SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1999, p. 117-118.