Fluid phenomena in scramjet combustion systems

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1996, Pages 323-360

  Curran, E T ^a   Heiser, W H ^b   Pratt, D T ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustor isolator interactions; Dual mode combustors; Hypersonic air breathing propulsion; Supersonic mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001124548     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fl.28.010196.001543     Document Type: Article

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