A survey of current and future plasma arc-heated test facilities for aerospace and commercial applications

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Smith, R K ^a   Wagner, D A ^a   Cunningham, James ^a  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA THEORY; REMEDIATION; SURVEYS;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROJECTS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC; NON-INTRUSIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85085850575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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