Significance of unsteadiness in operation of the small bore ram accelerator

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Sasoh, A ^a   Hamate, Y ^a   Takayama, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION;

CHAPMAN-JOUGUET DETONATIONS; HEAT RELEASE; RAM ACCELERATOR; STANDARD CONDITIONS; STARTING FAILURES; STARTING PROCESS; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; UNSTEADY WAVES;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 85085405306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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