Ram accelerator utilizing active projectile

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-335

  Brandeis, Julius ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Aero and Astronaut ^*

^c RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; IGNITION; INERT GASES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECTILES;

ACTIVE PROJECTILES; MACH NUMBER; RAM ACCELERATOR;

PROPULSION;

EID: 0030106381     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24032     Document Type: Article

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