Computational study of reacting flow establishment in expansion tube facilities

Shock Waves

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Yungster, S ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detailed chemistry; Hypersonic flow; Ram accelerator; Shock induced combustion; Unsteady combustion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031505106     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930050088     Document Type: Article

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