Supersonic drag reduction with repetitive laser pulses through a blunt body

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2811-2817

  Sasoh, Akihiro ^a,b   Sekiya, Yohei ^a,b,c   Sakai, Takeharu ^a,b   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a,b   Matsuda, Atsushi ^a,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^c Shiodome City Center   (Japan)

^d MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; BLUNT BODIES; BOW SHOCK WAVE; CONVEX LENS; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASER POWER TRANSMISSION; LASER PULSE IRRADIATION; LOAD CELLS; LOW FRICTION; REPETITION FREQUENCY; TIME-AVERAGED;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG REDUCTION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 78650322266     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J050174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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