@article{63091d7996cd4843b66bc4ba1d7b3e4f,
title = "Performance of a multistream injection chemical oxygen-iodine laser with starlet ejectors",
abstract = "A variant of an ejector-mixing nozzle for a chemical oxygen-iodine laser was experimentally tested with notched starlet ejectors. Cold-flow planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements indicated that the starlets provide faster mixing. Hot-flow testing demonstrated that the starlet design improved laser performance by 20.30% above the basic cylindrical ejector design. Furthermore, a conical ejector design with starlet notches was tested that resulted in approximately a 15% improvement above the cylindrical design and has the potential for higher pressure recovery. Pressures in the singlet-oxygen generator were relatively constant with ejector flow rate, suggesting that existing high-efficiency singlet-oxygen generators can be used with this ejector nozzle configuration without sacrificing generator performance for pressure recovery potential.",
author = "King, {Darren M.} and Carroll, {David L.} and Field, {Tyler H.} and Laystrom-Woodard, {Julia K.} and Driscoll, {Richard J.} and Sentman, {Lee H.} and Ragheb, {Adam M.} and Elliott, {Gregory S.} and Solomon, {Wayne C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Missile Defense Agency and by CU Aerospace internal research and development funds. The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of P. Vorobieff and C. R. Truman (University of New Mexico); and T. Jones, K. Truesdell, E. Trawinski, and C. Greene (U.S. Air Force). Special thanks to the machinists in the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Aerospace Engineering machine shop for helping the project stay on schedule and for fabricating several complicated pieces of hardware. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Lee H. Sentman, our coauthor, friend, and mentor whose guidance had been invaluable through the decades. This paper is approved for public release; distribution unlimited (10-MDA-5499, 25 May 2010).",
year = "2011",
month = aug,
doi = "10.2514/1.J050854",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "49",
pages = "1808--1815",
journal = "AIAA journal",
issn = "0001-1452",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)",
number = "8",
}