Dayton-Cincinnati AIAA

Source: Dr. Larry Goss / ISSI (9 Mar 2010)

Blue diagonal streaks are the transverse waves that create the cellular structure of a detonation. Heat release rate/m2 is ~ 80 times greater than surface of sun.

Source: Capt Daniel Kenan / Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT/ENY) (9 Mar 2010)

Air Force Institute of Technology has gone to plaid! 200W Hall Effect Thruster Utilizing Krypton Propellant.

Source: Ben Razidlo / Air Force Research Laboratory, Propulsion Directorate (AFRL/RZPG) (9 Mar 2010)

Plasma arc gasification is a waste treatment technology that uses electrical energy and the high temperatures created by an electrical arc gasifier. This arc breaks down waste primarily into elemental gas and solid waste (slag), in a device called a plasma converter. The process has been intended to be a net generator of electricity, depending upon the composition of input wastes, and to reduce the volumes of waste being sent to landfill sites.

Source: Capt David Liu, Capt Dan Kenan, and Chris Zickefoose / Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT/ENY) (9 Mar 2010)

Glow of xenon plasma from a 200 Watt Hall thruster.

Source: Chris Zickefoose, Capt Jeremy Selstrom, and Lt Col Richard Branam / Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT/ENY) (9 Mar 2010)

In this image, micro-Pulsed Plasma Thruster is creating a cloud plasma discharge in a vacuum approaching 10^-5 torr. The outside copper is being charged with 10,000V and is ionizing the very little atmosphere around the thruster.