Unsteady-state simulation of model ram accelerator in expansion tube

AIAA journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-543

  Choi, Jeong Yeol ^a   Jeung, In Seuck ^b   Yoon, Youngbin ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

RAM ACCELERATORS; UNSTEADY-STATE SIMULATION;

RAMJET ENGINES;

EID: 0032653989     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.770     Document Type: Article

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