Elevated pressure experiments in a 38-mm bore ram accelerator

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, 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

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; PROJECTILES; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

ELEVATED PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE OPERATIONS; NITROGEN DILUTION; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; RAM ACCELERATOR; STARTING PROCESS; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84963814089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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