Ram accelerator operation analysis in thermally choked and transdetonative propulsive modes

Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 128, 1997, Pages 130-146

  Sasoh, Akihiro ^a   Knowlen, Carl ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; High Enthalphy Flows; Internal Flows; Propulsion; Shock Waves

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENTHALPY; PROJECTILES; SHOCK WAVES; SPEED;

HIGH ENTHALPY FLOWS; INTERNAL FLOWS; RAM ACCELERATOR;

PROPULSION;

EID: 0031210052     PISSN: 05493811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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