Analysis of the effect of pulse width on laser lightcraft performance

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Wang, Ten See ^a   Mead Jr , Franklin B ^b   Larson, Carl W ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; LASER BEAMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; FINITE RATE KINETICS; LASER BEAM ENERGY; LASER PULSE WIDTH; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL BREAKDOWN; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

PROPULSION;

EID: 85088185361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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