Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference (한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.10a
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- Pages.39-42
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- 2003
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- 1975-342X(pISSN)
Performance of Laser-driven In-Tube Accelerator
레이저 구동 관내 가속장치 (LITA)의 성능에 대한 연구
Abstract
We studied the vertical launch performance of the Laser-driven In-Tube Accelerator (LITA). This device is primarily characterized by accelerating a projectile in a tube. Owing to the confinement effect, the thrust performance is enhanced. The driver gas can be specified and its pressure be turned so that the impulse performance is optimized. In the experiments, a 3.0-gram projectile was vertically launched. The effects of the projectile exit condition, the laser beam incident direction and the driver gas species were experimentally studied.