Le Journal de Physique IV

Vol. 10 No. PR11 (November 2000)

Fourth International Workshop on Ram Accelerators

• Ram accelerator operations at acceleration level up to 6 x 10⁴ g     p. Pr11-3
  Y. Hamate, A. Sasoh and K. Takayama
  Abstract | PDF file (617.9 KB)



• Ram accelerator operating characteristics at elevated fill pressures     p. Pr11-11
  C. Bundy, C. Knowlen and A.P. Bruckner
  Abstract | PDF file (527.9 KB)



• Enhanced RAMAC performance in subdetonative propulsion mode with semi-combustible projectile     p. Pr11-23
  J.-F. Legendre and M. Giraud
  Abstract | PDF file (1.820 MB)



• Progress of ram acceleration with ISL's RAMAC 30     p. Pr11-31
  F. Seiler, G. Patz, G. Smeets and J. Srulijes
  Abstract | PDF file (2.220 MB)



• Laser-propelled ram accelerator     p. Pr11-41
  A. Sasoh
  Abstract | PDF file (244.5 KB)



• Investigation of obturator and ignitor effects on low velocity starting of the ram accelerator     p. Pr11-49
  C. Knowlen, C. Bundy, A.P. Bruckner and D. Kruczynski
  Abstract | PDF file (490.6 KB)



• Determination of the choke pressure of a ram accelerator projectile in subdetonative regime     p. Pr11-59
  P. Bauer, C. Knowlen, A.P. Bruckner, M. Henner, J.F. Legendre and M. Giraud
  Abstract | PDF file (737.1 KB)



• An expansion-Ludwieg tube for accelerating combustible gas mixtures to superdetonative speeds     p. Pr11-69
  J. Srulijes, G. Smeets, G. Patz and F. Seiler
  Abstract | PDF file (2.301 MB)



• Direct initiation of gaseous detonation : the Jungle     p. Pr11-81
  J. Brossard and I. Sochet
  Abstract | PDF file (452.8 KB)



• Quasi universal blast wave behavior     p. Pr11-91
  S. Sénégas, C. Vaglio, J. Brossard and R. Cayzac
  Abstract | PDF file (274.0 KB)



• On the possibility to modify the performance of propellant mixtures used in RAMAC by addition of metallic particles     p. Pr11-99
  B. Veyssière, W. Ingignoli and B.A. Khasainov
  Abstract | PDF file (780.1 KB)



• Experimental study of interaction between oblique detonation wave and rarefaction wave around a hypersonic free projectile     p. Pr11-109
  J. Kasahara, T. Endo, K. Nishide, D. Yahata, T. Fujiwara and J.E. Leblanc
  Abstract | PDF file (1018 KB)



• Numerical simulation of the RAMAC Benchmark test     p. Pr11-119
  J.E. Leblanc, M. Nusca, X. Wang, F. Seiler, M. Sugihara and T. Fujiwara
  Abstract | PDF file (641.7 KB)



• Computational modeling of high pressure combustion mechanism in scram accelerator     p. Pr11-131
  J.-Y. Choi, B.-J. Lee and I.-S. Jeung
  Abstract | PDF file (1.030 MB)



• Numerical modeling and simulation of RAMAC 30 experiment carried out at the French-German research institute of Saint-Louis     p. Pr11-143
  G.-W. Moon, I.-S. Jeung, J.-Y. Choi, Y. Yoon, F. Seiler, G. Patz, G. Smeets and J. Srulijes
  Abstract | PDF file (3.681 MB)



• Numerical study of shock induced ignition and combustion of CH₄-O₂-CO₂ mixtures in a two dimensional ram accelerator     p. Pr11-155
  C. Zhang and S. Taki
  Abstract | PDF file (1.433 MB)



• Pulsed detonation engine. Numerical study     p. Pr11-165
  M. Sellam and A.J. Forestier
  Abstract | PDF file (779.2 KB)



• Temperature solution of one-dimensional modeling of rapid transient heat transfer around a cylindrical body     p. Pr11-177
  A. Baïri
  Abstract | PDF file (293.5 KB)



• Strategies to protect ram accelerator projectiles from in-tube gasdynamic heating     p. Pr11-185
  D.W. Bogdanoff
  Abstract | PDF file (815.4 KB)



• Emission line broadening in combustion products. Static and dynamic studies of gas mixtures     p. Pr11-197
  P. Chelin, V. Pina and P. Hervé
  Abstract | PDF file (786.0 KB)