Flight-Ready TDLAS Combustion Sensor for the HIFiRE 2 Hypersonic Research Program

Abstract

Advanced air-breathing engine development requires new combustion diagnostics. The new sensors must not intrude into the engine and the sensing components must endure the thermal and vibrational environment near a scramjet combustor. The sensor should also be suitable as a diagnostic in realistic scramjet test situations, including in flight in sounding-rocket test vehicles. The development of a laser sensor meeting these requirements for the HIFiRE 2 hypersonic research program is described in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA544557

Entities

People

  • Andrew D. Sappey
  • Bernard P. Masterson
  • David Owenby
  • Jerry Hannam
  • Lee Sutherland
  • Michael Estes
  • Patrick J. Mccormick
  • Paul Vanhoudt
  • Qingchun Zhoa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Beam Steering
  • Climate Change
  • Combustion
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Distributed Feedback Lasers
  • Governments
  • Jet Engines
  • Laser Sensors
  • Measurement
  • Quantum Cascade Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectroscopy
  • Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Engines
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow