Generalization of the muzzle wave similarity rules

Shock Waves

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-352

  Merlen, A ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Blast; Muzzle waves; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033406937     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930050195     Document Type: Article

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