Investigation of ram accelerator operation at fill pressures up to 20 MPa

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Bundy, C ^a   Knowlen, C ^a   Bruckner, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MAGNESIUM; PROJECTILES; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; TITANIUM;

ACCELERATOR TUBE; AEROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENERGETIC CHEMISTRY; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; NITROGEN PROPELLANT; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84896444766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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