Design considerations for cryogenic pumping arrays in spacecraft-thruster interaction facilities

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 400-410

  Ketsdever, A D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

CRYOGENIC PUMPING ARRAYS; SPACECRAFT THRUSTERS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0035331544     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3698     Document Type: Article

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