Numerical simulation of high-temperature gas flows in a millimeter-scale thruster

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-16

  Alexeenko, A A ^a   Levin, D A ^a   Gimelshein, S F ^b   Collins, R J ^c,e   Markelov, G N ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chemistry Department   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d KHRISTIANOVICH INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; HYDROGEN; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

THRUSTERS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOZZLE FLOW; THRUSTER MANOEUVRING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036095498     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6667     Document Type: Article

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