Laser pulses can track extreme airflow in tests for hypersonic spacecraft

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 30 Oct, 17:20 UTC

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington's Aerodynamics Research Center have published a study in the journal Communications Engineering. Their work details a laser-based technique applied to arc-jet flows that could transform how scientists measure hypersonic airflow, such as the…