Design and characterization of a hypervelocity expansion tube facility

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1185-1193

  Dufrene, A ^a,b,c   Sharma, M ^a,b   Austin, J M ^a,b,c  

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

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANDABLE TUBES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MACH NUMBER; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; EXPANSION TUBES; HYPERVELOCITY EXPANSION; TEST FLOW CONDITIONS;

FLOW VELOCITY;

EID: 36849051918     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30349     Document Type: Article

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