TY - GEN
T1 - Nozzle performance of a RP laser thruster
AU - Hirooka, Yasuro
AU - Katsurayama, Hiroshi
AU - Mori, Koichi
AU - Inoue, Chihiro
AU - Komurasaki, Kimiya
AU - Arakawa, Yoshihiro
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - In order to reveal the nozzle scaling law of a Repetitive Pulsed (RP) laser thruster, momentum-coupling coefficients of several conical nozzles were investigated by means of experiment and numerical analysis. In the experiment, a pendulum method was used to measure an impulse imparted to a conical nozzle by a laser-driven blast wave. A propagation of the blast wave in a conical nozzle and an exhaust-refill process were analyzed by CFD. The calculated Cm agreed with the experimental data. The processes until a critical time are qualitatively the same regardless of a divergence angle, but quantitatively different. As a result, the nozzle of a small apex angle enhances the performance of a RP laser thruster when only a single pulse is input.
AB - In order to reveal the nozzle scaling law of a Repetitive Pulsed (RP) laser thruster, momentum-coupling coefficients of several conical nozzles were investigated by means of experiment and numerical analysis. In the experiment, a pendulum method was used to measure an impulse imparted to a conical nozzle by a laser-driven blast wave. A propagation of the blast wave in a conical nozzle and an exhaust-refill process were analyzed by CFD. The calculated Cm agreed with the experimental data. The processes until a critical time are qualitatively the same regardless of a divergence angle, but quantitatively different. As a result, the nozzle of a small apex angle enhances the performance of a RP laser thruster when only a single pulse is input.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84897747036
SN - 9781624100987
T3 - 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
BT - 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
T2 - 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2003
Y2 - 20 July 2003 through 23 July 2003
ER -