Investigation of the characteristics of the direct current glow discharge under the influence of pressure and velocity up to the speed of sound

This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civil...

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Main Author: Timmes, Francis Xavier
Other Authors: University of Minnesota
Language:en_US
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota; University of Minnesota 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6441
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Summary:This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title. === This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using a direct current glow discharge as a velocity meter up to the speed of sound. The primary problem was to show the dependence of the glow discharge characteristics on velocity as separable from the many variables that affect the characteristics.