Ram accelerator operating limits, Part 1: Identification of limits

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 951-958

  Higgins, A J ^a,b,c,d   Knowlen, C ^a,b,d   Bruckner, A P ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dept of Aero and Astronautics ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECTILES; SHOCK WAVES; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

CHAPMAN-JOUGUET (CJ) DETONATION SPEED; THERMALLY CHOKED RAM ACCELERATORS;

RAMJET ENGINES;

EID: 0032206681     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5359     Document Type: Article

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