Accession Number:

AD0417468

Title:

STUDY OF PLASMAS IN HYPERSONIC FLOW,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES ENGINEERING CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Robinson,David
• Williams,James C.

Report Date:

1963-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

55.0

Abstract:

A Mach 6 low-density nozzle has been designed and constructed for studies of the decay of a nitrogen plasma after excitation by a radio-fre quency discharge. Aerodynamic measurements have been made of the Mach number and density distri bution for both cold and hot flow conditions. A method of measuring the heavy particle temper ature in a plasma is described using the rota tional structure of the N sub 2 second positive band system. Author

Descriptors:

• *HYPERSONIC FLOW
• *HYPERSONIC NOZZLES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• AXISYMMETRIC FLOW
• DENSITY
• ROTATION
• NITROGEN

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE