Velocity performance in RAMAC 90 multistage experiments

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Legendre, J F ^a   Giraud, M ^a   Henner, M ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; GAS MIXTURES; GASES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; NITROGEN; PROPULSION; VELOCITY;

COMBUSTION ZONES; GASEOUS MIXTURE; INITIAL PRESSURE; MULTISTAGE EXPERIMENTS; PURE ALUMINUM ALLOY; RAM ACCELERATOR; SIMULTANEOUS USE; TIME LENGTH;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 84963823058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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