Silanes as fuels for scramjets and their applications

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1006-1011

  Simone, D ^a,c   Bruno, C ^a,c,d   Ridding, B ^b,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Dept of Mechanics and Aeronautics ^*  (Italy)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Institute of Laser and Plasmaphysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FUELS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); JET ENGINES; PROPULSION; TRAJECTORIES;

ACCELERATOR TRAJECTORIES; DYNAMIC PRESSURE TRAJECTORY; PENTASILANE; SCRAMJETS;

SILANES;

EID: 33749486780     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18519     Document Type: Article

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