State of detonation stability theory and its application to propulsion

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1230-1244

  Stewart, D Scott ^a   Kasimov, Asian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ASYMPTOTIC TREATMENTS; EULER EQUATIONS; STABILITY THEORY;

DETONATION;

EID: 33845399796     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.21586     Document Type: Review

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