Expansion and mixing processes of underexpanded supercritical fuel jets injected into superheated conditions

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 642-649

  Wu, Pei Kuan ^a,d   Shahnam, Mehrdad ^a,d   Kirkendall, Kevin A ^a   Carter, Campbell D ^b   Nejad, Abdollah S ^c,d  

^a Taitech Inc   (United States)

^b INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Kaiser Marquardt   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FUEL INJECTION; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; JETS; MIXING; NITROGEN; RAMAN SCATTERING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

SUPERCRITICAL FUEL JETS;

AIRCRAFT FUELS;

EID: 0032681505     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5488     Document Type: Article

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