Investigation of Ram accelerator flows for high pressure mixtures of various chemical compositions

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Nusca, Michael J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; INERT GASES; MIXTURES; PROJECTILES; PROPULSION; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SHOCK WAVES; WALL FLOW;

ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL KINETICS MECHANISMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROJECTILE VELOCITY; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SUPERSONIC VELOCITIES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 85088194126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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