Small-bore ram accelerator operation

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 622-628

  Sasoh, A ^a   Hamate, Y ^a   Takayama, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; IGNITION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHOCK WAVES;

SMALL-BORE RAM ACCELERATORS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0035332497     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5788     Document Type: Article

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