NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF A CW H(D)-O3-CO2 CHEMICAL-LASER

A quasi-one-dimensional model of a supersonic chemical laser is suggested which takes into account the turbulent character of mixing, shock-wave processes and reactions of nozzle walls. A mixing thermally initiated OD-CO2 laser has been employed as an example for the model evaluation and good agreement between theoretical and experimental data has been obtained. It has been found that the laser with the chemical generator of hydrogen atoms provides for substantially lower specific output energy than it was obtained in previous investigations.