Research Article

Plasma Wind Tunnel Investigation of European Ablators in Nitrogen/Methane Using Emission Spectroscopy

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Temporal and spatial (vertical) distribution of C2 rotational simulated temperatures at 0.3 MW/m² at 3 mm axial distance to the probe surface 5 s to 9 s into ablation at different density quotients N2/ /C2.
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