Transient Plasma Ignition for Delay Reduction in Pulse Detonation Engines
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Authors
Cathey, Charles
Wang, Fei
Tang, Tao
Kuthi, Andras
Gundersen, Martin A.
Sinibaldi, Jose 0.
Brophy, Chris
Barbour, Ethan
Hanson, Ronald K.
Hoke, John
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2007-01
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
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This paper reviews the testing and evaluation of transient plasma for pulse detonation engine (PDE) ignition conducted at five laboratories. It also presents data showing significant reductions in times required for detonation. Critical to achieving functional levels of thrust are increased repetition rates, thus minimal delay to detonation times are an important parameter. Experiments have been conducted at the University of Southern California and in collaboration with researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School, Wright Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory, Stanford University, Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati. In these studies it was observed that TPI significantly reduces delay times (factor of 2 to 9) in both static and flowing systems.
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45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit 8 - 11 January 2007, Reno, Nevada
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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9 p.
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Cathey, Charles, et al. "Transient plasma ignition for delay reduction in pulse detonation engines." 45th AIAA aerospace sciences meeting and exhibit. 2007
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.