The physical origins of side loads in rocket nozzles

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Onofri, M ^a   Nasuti, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; HIGH COSTS; NUMERICAL TESTS; SIDE LOADS; STEADY AND TRANSIENT; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS; TRANSIENT SOLUTIONS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 31944436339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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