Simulations of cold-gas nozzle and plume flows and flight data comparisons

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-48

  Gatsonis, Nikos A ^a   Nanson, Richard A ^a   LeBeau, Gerald J ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; PRESSURE; SENSORS; THERMAL PLUMES;

ATTITUDE CONTROL THRUSTERS; COLD GAS THRUSTERS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS; FLOWFIELD PROPERTIES; NOZZLE FLOWS; PLUME FLOWS; SENSOR CHAMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033896980     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3547     Document Type: Article

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