Spectroscopy-based thrust sensor for high-speed gaseous flows
US5178002A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P5/26
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for non-intrusively obtaining the thrust value of combustion by-products of a jet engine is disclosed herein. The system includes laser elements for inducing absorption for use in determining the axial velocity and density of the jet flow stream and elements for calculating the thrust value therefrom.
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