Rocket Plume Optical Signatures

Abstract

As part of the Optical Signatures Program, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company-West has developed the initial working model of a code to describe the gross features of rocket-plume radiation for altitudes above 75 n mi. The main effort is the construction of a scheme for integration of an arbitrary function through an arbitrary axisymmetric rocket plume, with any specified look angle, plume direction, and vehicle velocity direction. Radiances are presented as integrated values in a specified spectral band. The equations used and a printout of the code and of a sample application are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0906628

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Altitude
  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Crystal Structure
  • Curve Fitting
  • Equations
  • Knudsen Number
  • Mach Number
  • Optical Signatures
  • Particle Size
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster