Stability of projectiles in thermally choked ram accelerators

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 807-809

  Li, Chiping ^a,b,c   Kailasanath, K ^a,b,c   Oran, Elaine S ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lab Compl Phys and Fluid Dynam

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES; SYSTEM STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE;

AERODYNAMIC TORQUE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RAM ACCELERATORS; REACTIVE FLOW SIMULATION; THERMALLY CHOKED COMBUSTION;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 0030193105     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24105     Document Type: Article

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