Blunt-body wave drag reduction using focused energy deposition

AIAA journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-467

  Riggins, David ^a   Nelson, H F ^a   Johnson, Eric ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID DYNAMICS; SHOCK WAVES; THERMODYNAMICS;

BLUNT BODY WAVE DRAG REDUCTION; FOCUSED ENERGY DEPOSITION; MACH NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033115282     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.756     Document Type: Article

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