Transverse mixing hypersonic wedge nozzle chemical laser
US4237429A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 1978 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0953
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The reactants in a chemical laser are mixed to effect a lasing action by expanding one reactant through a relatively large primary nozzle in such a way as to form an expanding reactant flow field whose free expansion is essentially two dimensional in character and occurs predominantly in directions parallel to a given plane (expansion plane) parallel to the flow path of the flow field, and injecting the other reactant into this expanding flow field in such a way that mixing of the reactants occurs by predominantly molecular diffusion of the second reactant into the first reactant flow field in directions transverse to the flow field expansion plane.
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