Ram accelerator: A new chemical method for accelerating projectilesto ultrahigh velocities

AIAA Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 195-203

  Hertzberg, A ^a   Bruckner, A P ^a   Bogdanoff, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATORS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT ENGINES, JET AND TURBINE - RAMJET;

ELECTROTHERMAL ROCKET PROPULSION; PROJECTILE ACCELERATION; RAM ACCELERATOR;

ORDNANCE;

EID: 0023961723     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.9872     Document Type: Article

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