Three-dimensional numerical investigation of hypersonic projectile launched by railgun on transitional ballistics

Physics & Astronomy

• hypersonics 82%
• ballistics 67%
• projectiles 63%
• tubes 30%
• shock waves 29%
• shock wave interaction 26%
• aerodynamic forces 24%
• Sabot projectiles 17%
• aerodynamic loads 14%
• unsteady aerodynamics 13%
• normal shock waves 12%
• expansion 10%
• fluids 10%
• computational fluid dynamics 9%
• rigid structures 9%
• flight 8%
• accelerators 6%
• deviation 6%
• cavities 5%
• interactions 3%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Rail guns 100%
• Hypersonic aerodynamics 78%
• Projectiles 76%
• Ballistics 75%
• Shock waves 60%
• Aerodynamics 12%
• Fluids 9%
• Aerodynamic loads 9%
• Particle accelerators 7%
• Mach number 7%
• Computational fluid dynamics 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• shock wave 81%
• aerodynamics 28%
• fluid 11%
• computational fluid dynamics 10%
• flight 8%
• calculation 5%