Design Considerations of a Flow System for Transient Laser Discharge Experiments,

Abstract

Design considerations were examined for a flow system for transient electrical laser experiments. After a brief review of corona discharge gas flow interaction phenomena, the choice of the size and operating conditions of the discharge cell are discussed. Once those parameters are established, the flow system, which consists essentially of a Ludwieg tube, is designed. Attention is paid to flow starting times, to the available time of steady state flow, and to the effects of the boundary layer on the core flow. Suggested experiments and instrumentation are given in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080942

Entities

People

  • Josef Stricker

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Compressors
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electrical Lasers
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Gases
  • Geometry
  • Laser Applications
  • Lasers
  • Layers
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Shock Waves
  • Spectra
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy