Impact facility based upon high frequency two-stage light-gas gun

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Angrilli, F ^a   Pavarin, D ^a   De Cecco, M ^a   Francesconi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FUELS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IMPACT TESTING; PROJECTILES; PROPELLANTS;

GAS GUNS; HYPERVELOCITY TESTING;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0038182627     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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