Flowfield experiments on a tripped DF chemical laser
Conference
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· AIAA Pap.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5313295
Three diagnostic techniques were used to obtain qualitative data on the cavity reactant mixing rates and quantitative small-signal gain data which could be used to verify flowfields and kinetics models in laser performance codes for the case of a DF chemical laser cavity flowfield operating in the laminar and augmented (tripped) mixing modes. The techniques used were: (1) infrared photography of DF and HF spontaneous emission (2) high-resolution mapping of spontaneous DF cavity emission with an infrared scanner and (3) DF small signal gain measurements. It was found that of the two types of IR photographs made, tests using H2 seeding of the laser stream yielded far superior results to those recording DF emission in order to detail reactant mixing characteristics. Results from the more quantitative IR scanner tests verified that the HF emission boundaries recorded photographically correspond to reactant mixing boundaries.
- Research Organization:
- Bell Aerospace Textron, Buffalo, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 5313295
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8106217-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIAA Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: 81-1271
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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