Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Computationally efficient, rotational nonequilibrium CW chemical laser model

Journal Article · · AIAA J.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2514/3.7864· OSTI ID:5550806
 [1];  [2]
  1. Illinois, University, Urbana, IL
  2. Bell Aerospace Textron, Buffalo, NY
The essential fluid dynamic and kinetic phenomena required for a quantitative, computationally efficient, rotational nonequilibrium model of a CW HF chemical laser are identified. It is shown that, in addition to the pumping, collisional deactivation, and rotational relaxation reactions, F-atom wall recombination, the hot pumping reaction, and multiquantum deactivation reactions play a significant role in determining laser performance. Several problems with the HF kinetics package are identified. The effect of various parameters on run time is discussed.
OSTI ID:
5550806
Journal Information:
AIAA J.; (United States), Journal Name: AIAA J.; (United States) Vol. 19; ISSN AIAJA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English