A Methodology for Computing Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Plasma Mixtures in ETC Injectors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 388-393

  Batteh, Jad ^a   Powell, John ^b   Sink, Dan ^a   Thornhill, Lindsey ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; RAIL GUNS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEGREE OF IONIZATION; ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL INJECTORS; MIXTURE SUBROUTINE; PLASMA MIXTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029230306     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364656     Document Type: Article

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