Flight and ground tests of a laser-boosted vehicle

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Mead, Franklin B ^a   Myrabo, Leik N ^b   Messitt, Donald G ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FREE FLIGHT; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; PROPULSION; SOFTWARE TESTING; VEHICLES;

FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH-ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; PULSED CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; PULSED DETONATION ENGINE; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84963800724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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