SOME MICROWAVE PROPAGATION EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED IN A HYPERVELOCITY WIND TUNNEL

Abstract

The re-entry of a missile into the atmosphere at high speed creates a thermally generated plasma around the nose of the missile. This plasma has been found to produce a severe loss in transmission to the extent that 220-mc telemetry data are made unreliable.. There is some hope that this problem can be alleviated by going to higher frequencies where the energy absorbed by the plasma is minimized. The experimental techniques used in the study of this problem are described. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 1961
Accession Number
AD0261458

Entities

People

  • J.q. Burgess

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Communication Systems
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Microwaves
  • Telemetry
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow