Numerical simulation of a hydrogen arcjet

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1114-1122

  Babu, V ^a,b,c   Aithal, S M ^a,b   Subramaniam, V V ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^c FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; IONS; SUPERSONIC FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ARCJET THRUSTER; ATOMIC HYDROGEN; LINEARIZED BLOCK IMPLICIT METHOD; MAGNETIC DIFFUSION EQUATION; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN;

JETS;

EID: 0030290976     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24151     Document Type: Article

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