PLASMA SHEATH CHARACTERIZATION FOR TELEMETRY IN HYPERSONIC FLIGHT
dc.contributor.author | Starkey, Ryan P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Mark J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Charles H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-22T20:36:07Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-22T20:36:07Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2003-10 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606733 | en |
dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | During certain hypersonic flight regimes, shock heating of air creates a plasma sheath resulting in telemetry attenuation or blackout. The severity of the signal attenuation is dependent on vehicle configuration, flight trajectory, and transmission frequency. This phenomenon is investigated with a focus placed on the nonequilibrium plasma sheath properties (electron concentration, plasma frequency, collision frequency, and temperature) for a range of flight conditions and vehicle design considerations. Trajectory and transmission frequency requirements for air-breathing hypersonic vehicle design are then addressed, with comparisons made to both shuttle orbiter and RAM-C II reentry flights. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
dc.subject | Hypersonic plasma telemetry | en |
dc.subject | plasma sheath | en |
dc.subject | radio blackout alleviation | en |
dc.subject | aerodynamic shaping | en |
dc.subject | nonequilibrium plasma | en |
dc.title | PLASMA SHEATH CHARACTERIZATION FOR TELEMETRY IN HYPERSONIC FLIGHT | en_US |
dc.type | text | en |
dc.type | Proceedings | en |
dc.contributor.department | University of Maryland | en |
dc.contributor.department | Edwards Air Force Base | en |
dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
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refterms.dateFOA | 2018-04-26T06:48:00Z | |
html.description.abstract | During certain hypersonic flight regimes, shock heating of air creates a plasma sheath resulting in telemetry attenuation or blackout. The severity of the signal attenuation is dependent on vehicle configuration, flight trajectory, and transmission frequency. This phenomenon is investigated with a focus placed on the nonequilibrium plasma sheath properties (electron concentration, plasma frequency, collision frequency, and temperature) for a range of flight conditions and vehicle design considerations. Trajectory and transmission frequency requirements for air-breathing hypersonic vehicle design are then addressed, with comparisons made to both shuttle orbiter and RAM-C II reentry flights. |