Analysis and Design of a Supersonic Radial Outflow System.

Abstract

The design and performance of a radial outflow expansion system is presented. This information is needed for building and operating an experimental radial flow system for cold flow testing of radial diffusers of the type used in high energy radial flow laser systems. In particular, design charts for ring nozzle systems for operation with various gases are developed and effective exit Mach numbers of ring nozzle expansion systems are determined. Some considerations are given to the design of a multi-channel radial diffuser to be tested in the here designed radial flow expansion system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA097032

Entities

People

  • Siegfried H. Hasinger

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Back Pressure
  • Diffusers
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Flow Fields
  • Geometry
  • Laser Applications
  • Lasers
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Radial Flow
  • Reynolds Number
  • Supersonic Diffusers
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow