EXPERIMENTAL TESTS AND NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS FOR THE 37 mm RAM ACCELERATOR

The first ram accelerator in the country, 37mm ram accelerator, has been built atCARDC. In this paper, the working principle and worldwide reseaxch situation of ram accelerator are introduced at first, followed by the description of the main sub-systems of this 37mm ram accelerator, typical shot test results, and some pertinent CFD work.