SOME RESULTS USING OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY FOR PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS

Abstract

Some preliminary results are presented utilizing optical interferometry for plasma diagnostics. A conical-driver electromagnetic shock tube generates the plasma. Interferograms of strong shock waves in hydrogen illustrate the experimental techniques and indicate qualitatively the existence of operating regimes for this tube within which precursor effects are unimportant for determining gas properties behind the shock. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 05, 1962
Accession Number
AD0292626

Entities

People

  • A.f. Klein

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Hydrogen
  • Interferograms
  • Interferometry
  • Plasma Diagnostics
  • Precursors
  • Shock
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves
  • Tubes
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics