Investigation of a laser-supported directed-energy "Air Spike" in mach 6.2 air flow - Preliminary results

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Minucci, M A S ^a   Toro, P G P ^a   Chanes Jr , J B ^a   Pereira, A L ^a   Nagamatsu, H T ^b   Myrabo, L N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIR; CCD CAMERAS; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; SHOCK WAVES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DIRECTED ENERGY; FREE STREAM MACH NUMBERS; HIGH SPEED CCD CAMERAS; IMPACT PRESSURES; PIEZOELECTRIC PRESSURE; PULSE DURATIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SINGLE LASER PULSE;

HYPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 85088187183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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