@inproceedings{cae9312c8b814bd9909e66e9a0b505e8,
title = "Flight test of a rugged scramjet-inlet temperature and velocity sensor",
abstract = "The performance of a gas temperature and velocity sensor based on tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) of oxygen in a scramjet engine inlet during a flight test is discussed. This is the first flight-tested TDLAS sensor designed specifically for measuring gas velocity of a scramjet inlet flow under flight conditions. The robustness and stability of the sensor design in dynamic load conditions were made evident by the quality of the data delivered after a very unstable and high-g launch scenario. The scramjet did not reach the targeted test altitude-velocity regime. However, analysis of the low-altitude data determined pressure and temperature in the inlet and showed that an adequate signal-to-noise ratio was obtained for high-speed velocity measurements at altitudes up to at least 30 km.",
author = "Joe Kurtz and Mark Aizengendler and Yedhu Krishna and Paul Walsh and Sean O{\textquoteright}Byrne",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.; 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2015 ; Conference date: 05-01-2015 Through 09-01-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.2514/6.2015-0110",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781624103438",
series = "53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)",
booktitle = "53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting",
address = "United States",
}