Solid fuel ramjet combustor design

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 219-256

  Krishnan, S ^a   George, Philmon ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLAMMABILITY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

SOLID FUEL RAMJET COMBUSTORS;

RAMJET ENGINES;

EID: 0032010576     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-0421(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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