Stability of thin liquid sheet flows

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-81

  McConley, Marc W ^a,d   Chubb, Donald L ^b,e,f   McMaster, Matthew S ^c,d,g   Afjeh, Abdollah A ^c,d,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d Dept of Aeronautical Engineering ^*

^e Photovoltaic Branch   (United States)

^f AIAA   (United States)

^g Virtual Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIQUIDS; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CARTESIAN COORDINATES; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; SPACE RADIATOR SYSTEM; THIN LIQUID SHEET FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WEBER NUMBER; WIDTH TO THICKNESS RATIO;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030781199     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5131     Document Type: Article

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