Rocket Exhaust Plume Phenomenology

Frederick S. Simmons, The Aerospace Corporation

Aerospace Press Series
Published by AIAA, © 2000, 286 pages, Hardback
ISBN-10: 1-884989-08-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-884989-08-7

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This new book deals with the phenomenology of rocket exhaust plumes as the targets of space-based surveillance systems. Topics include the physical and chemical processes in rocket engines and their exhaust plumes, particularly in regard to flow properties, gas dynamics, and radiative mechanisms that are responsible for the generation of emission in rocket exhaust plumes at infrared and other wavelengths. System designers in a number of defense-related areas will be able to put the information in this book to immediate use.

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Table of Contents:

Rocket Engines
Characteristics of Exhaust Plumes
Radiation Processes
Nozzle Flow Codes
Plume Models
Signature Scaling
Time-Varying Properties of Plumes
Properties of Molecular Plume Constituents
Carbon Soot Properties
Properties of Alumina Particles
Diagnostic Techniques for Exit-Plume Exhaust Characterization
Ultraviolet Properties of Plumes
Post-Boost Phenomena
Databases
Glossary: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index.

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