Pulse detonation engines: Technical approaches

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Nikitin, V F ^a   Dushin, V R ^a   Phylippov, Y G ^a   Legros, J C ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deflagration; Detonation; Engine; Ignition; Onset; Operating cycle; Power

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DEFLAGRATION; DETONATION TRANSITIONS; DETONATION TRANSMISSIONS; GASEOUS MIXTURES; NARROW GAPS; ONSET; OPERATING CYCLE; OPERATING CYCLES; POWER; PULSE DETONATION ENGINES;

DETONATION;

EID: 56349147725     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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