Grid-resolved analysis of base flowfield for four-engine clustered nozzle configuration

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-29

  Wang, Ten See ^a,b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; JETS; NOZZLES; ROCKET ENGINES; SPACE FLIGHT; VENTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FOUR ENGINE CLUSTERED NOZZLE CONFIGURATION; GRID RESOLVED ANALYSIS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0029679057     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.55702     Document Type: Article

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