Energy conversion in laser propulsion

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Larson, C William ^a   Mead Jr , Franklin B ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CONSTANT VOLUMES; EQUATION OF STATE; INTERNAL ENERGIES; INVERTED PARABOLIC; PROCESS REPRESENTATION; PROPULSION DEVICES; THERMODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS;

ACETAL RESINS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EXPANSION; IONIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 84897857552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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