An investigation of supersonic mixing mechanisms for the chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL)

30th Plasmadynamic and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Madden, Timothy J ^a   Hager, Gordon D ^a   Lampson, Alan I ^b   Crowell, Peter G ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Logicon Division of Northrup   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GAS DYNAMICS; IODINE; LASER OPTICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN - IODINE LASERS (COIL); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; FABRY-PEROT RESONATORS; INJECTION MECHANISMS; MILITARY DEVELOPMENT; SUPERSONIC INJECTION; SUPERSONIC MIXING;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN IODINE LASERS;

EID: 84860057022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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