Experimental and computational, parametric drag study of an "Air Apike" in hypersonic flow

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Bracken, R M ^a   Hartley, C S ^a   Mann, G ^a   Myrabo, L N ^a   Nagamatsu, H T ^a   Shneider, M N ^b   Raizer, Y P ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; GASDYNAMIC EQUATIONS; LOW ENTHALPIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REDUCTION EFFECTS; STAGNATION PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE FLOW;

DRAG REDUCTION; ELECTRIC ARCS; PROPULSION;

HYPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 84896694017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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