Numerical simulation of the blast-wave accelerator

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1341-1347

  Wilson, Dennis ^a,b   Tan, Zhiqiang ^a,b,c   Varghese, Philip L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^c Institute for Advanced Technology

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EID: 0040994430     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13238     Document Type: Article

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