A two-stage free-piston driver

Shock Waves

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-248

  Doolan, C J ^a,b   Morgan, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expansion tube; Free piston; Two stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033408973     PISSN: 09381287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001930050161     Document Type: Article

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