The 1-MW Radiatively Driven Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Experiments

Abstract

Results and analysis of the RDHWT/MARlAH II 1 MW experiment are reported. The experiment is the addition of approximately MW of energy to a supersonic air flow with an electron bean. The experiment hardware, arrangement and conduct are described. Selected data and analysis are reported. The experiment was subject to transient power fluctuations flat were traced to the electron beam source rather than to flow instability. Power stability was established at lower power conditions. and these data were used for selected code validations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA429988

Entities

People

  • D. K. Mansfle1d
  • G. L. Brown
  • J. D. Luff
  • P. J. Howard
  • Richard B. Miles

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Governments
  • Heat Energy
  • High Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
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Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Microelectronics