Rocket Plume Radiation Due to Interactions with the Atmosphere. Volume 1. Far Field Plume Radiance Model

Abstract

Calculations are presented that are elements of a model to predict the IR radiation emitted by high-altitude rocket plumes, because of the interaction of the plume gases with the ambient atmosphere. A model of plume radiance is presented, appropriate to high altitudes where the average time between plume and atmospheric species collisions is greater than the radiative lifetimes of the relevant excited molecular states. The three parts of the calculations - flow field density, molecular collisional excitation, and molecular nonequilibrium radiation - are identified and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0913820

Entities

People

  • Apostolos E. Germeles
  • Charles E. Kolb
  • Howard R. Baum
  • Kevin S. Tait
  • Thomas J. Rieger

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Dipole Moments
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Momentum
  • Probability Distributions
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Rocket Engines
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Quantum Chemistry