Experimental investigation of the hypersonic ‘air spike’ inlet at mach 10

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  March, J J ^a   Myrabo, L N ^a   Messitt, D ^a   Nagamatsu, H T ^a   Raizer, Yu P ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CRASHWORTHINESS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; PROPULSION; SHOCK WAVES; VEHICLES;

BOW SHOCK WAVE; DIAMETER MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INFLATED STRUCTURES; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; PROPULSION SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL MASS; TRANSATMOSPHERIC VEHICLE;

HYPERSONIC INLETS;

EID: 84962194614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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