A demonstrator for the SSTO launcher with combined cycle propulsion

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1759, 1999, Pages 2285-2316

  Czysz, Paul A ^a  

^a Saint Louis University School of Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbreathing propulsion; Available energy analysis; Combined cycle propulsion; Configuration geometry; Demonstration aircraft; Space launcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346968421     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1999.0432     Document Type: Article

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