Computational and experimental investigations of rarefied flows in small nozzles

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2320-2326

  Boyd, Lain D ^a,c   VanGilder, Douglas B ^a   Beiting, Edward J ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FLOWS; NOZZLES; SIMULATION-MONTE CARLO;

EID: 3242820611     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13397     Document Type: Article

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