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DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENT OF AIR VELOCITY TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5483
Amount: $46,043.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1977 Concourse Dr
San Jose, CA 95131
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR GABRIEL LAUFER
 (408) 434-1665
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Abstract

NEW VELOCITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, WHICH USE ARF LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF) IN CO2 AND IN CO FORMED BY THE LASER, ARE PROPOSED.THE NEW TECHNIQUES WILL COMBINE WITH OTHER LIF TECHNIQUES, UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY US, WHICH MEASURE DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE TO FORM WITH THEM AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR SINGLE PULSE MEASUREMENT OF THREE INDEPENDENT FLOW PARAMETERS. ALL THREE TECHNIQUES ARE MOST SUITED FOR COLD FLOW HYPERSONIC (3-20 MACHS) WIND TUNNEL APPLICATIONS, THEY ALL RELY ON THE SCATTERING FROM NATURAL AIR CONSTITUENTS (N2, O2, CO2) WITH NO SEEDING REQUIREMENTS AND WITH THE NEED FOR ONLY ONE ACCESS WINDOW. THESE FEATURES MAKE THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM A CANDIDATE FOR BOTH WIND TUNNEL AND ON-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS.

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