Prediction of the performance of a Si-micromachined microthruster by computing the subsonic gas flow inside the thruster

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 96-104

  Rossi, Carole ^a   Rouhani, Mehdi Djafari ^a   Estève, Daniel ^a  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMACHINING; NOZZLES; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; SILICON; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY;

CHAMBER TO THROAT SECTION RATIO; GAS VOLUME; MICRONOZZLE; MICROPROPULSION; MICROTHRUSTER; SUBSONIC COMBUSTION; SUBSONIC GAS FLOW;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0034516880     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00464-7     Document Type: Article

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