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Aspects of selecting the mode of mixing in CO2 + N2 + H2O gasdynamic lasers

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Recommendations are made with regard to selection and organization of operating modes in gasdynamic lasers, viz., the mixing of excited nitrogen with a CO2 + H2O mixture.

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Abbreviations

T0 :

stagnation temperature of the main stream

P0 :

stagnation pressure of the main stream

α:

weak-signal gain

W/G:

specific energy output

ξ:

molar concentration

Ti :

vibrational temperatures of CO2

NMa,N2 :

Mach number of the main stream at the mixing site

NMa,CO2 :

Mach number of the injected stream at the mixing site

T0,CO2 :

temperature in the plenum chamber of the injected stream

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  1. N. A. Fomin
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  2. S. M. Khizhnyak
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 42–46, January, 1982.

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Fomin, N.A., Khizhnyak, S.M. Aspects of selecting the mode of mixing in CO2 + N2 + H2O gasdynamic lasers. Journal of Engineering Physics 42, 32–35 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00824987

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