Computational simulation of starting dynamics in a ram accelerator

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Nusca, Michael J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PROJECTILES; PROPULSION;

ACCELERATION PROCESS; COMBUSTION WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; LOW PRESSURES; PROJECTILE VELOCITY; PROPULSION SYSTEM; RAM ACCELERATOR; UNSTEADY FLOW PHENOMENON;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 84963852919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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