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High-velocity cumulative gas jets

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The author examines the theory of the cumulation effect [1] in axisymmetric inviscid perfect gas flows and the possibility of creating cumulative gas jets with velocities considerably in excess of the speed of sound.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 148–152, July–August, 1989.

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Sokolov, I.V. High-velocity cumulative gas jets. Fluid Dyn 24, 613–617 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052427

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