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

39th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sasoh, A ^a,b   Suzuki, S ^a   Matsuda, A ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MOMENTUM; PROJECTILES; PROPULSION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC SELENIDE;

CO2 LASER PULSE; LAUNCH TUBES; MOMENTUM COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; PARABOLIC SURFACE; PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS; REPETITIVE PULSE; VACUUM CHAMBERS; VERTICAL LAUNCH;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 78049487224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-3888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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