Pulsed detonation engine experimental and theoretical review

AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 28th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages

  Eidelman, Shmuel ^a   Grossmann, William ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMBUSTION KNOCK; DETONATION; PROPULSION;

FLIGHT VEHICLES; PROPULSION DEVICES; PULSED DETONATION ENGINE;

PULSE DETONATION ENGINES;

EID: 84894313136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1992-3168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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