Electron Density Behavior Near the Axis of a Turbulent Hypersonic Sphere Wake
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Published:1974-02-15
Issue:4
Volume:52
Page:355-360
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ISSN:0008-4204
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Container-title:Canadian Journal of Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Can. J. Phys.
Author:
Heckman D.1,
Sévigny L.1,
Emond A.1
Affiliation:
1. Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, P.O. Box 880, Courcelette, Québec G0A 1R0
Abstract
Langmuir probes have been used to obtain estimates of electron density close to the axis of the turbulent wakes of 6.82 cm (2.7 in.) diameter spheres flown at 4420 m/s(14 500 ft/s) in air atmospheres at 10 Torr. A brief résumé and discussion is given of the principal experimental results.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy