Bow Shock Data Analysis.

Abstract

The University of Pittsburgh Space Physics Group in collaboration with the ARO modeling team has completed a systematic organization of the shock and plume spectral data and the electron temperature and density measurements obtained during the BowShock I and II rocket flights which have been submitted to the AEDC Data Center, has verified the presence of CO Cameron band emission during the Antares engine burn and for an extended period of time in the post-burn plume, and have adapted 3-D radiation entrapment codes developed by the University of Pittsburgh to study aurora and other atmospheric phenomena that involve significant spatial effects to investigate the VUV and EUV envelope surrounding the re-entry that create an extensive plasma cloud by photoionization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 19, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288432

Entities

People

  • Edward C. Zipf
  • Peeter W. Erdman

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bow Shock
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Centers
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Photoionization
  • Radiation
  • Shock
  • Small Satellites
  • Three Dimensional
  • Ultraviolet Radiation
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster