Kinetic model of condensation in a free argon expanding jet

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Zhong, Jiaqiang ^a,b,c   Zeifman, Michael I ^a,b,c   Levin, Deborah A ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; ROCKETS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CLUSTER-MONOMER AND CLUSTER-CLUSTER COLLISION MODELS; DIRECT-SIMULATION MONTE CARLO (DSMC); FREE-EXPANSION ROCKET PLUME; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS (MD) METHOD;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; ROCKETS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 32844468336     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15868     Document Type: Article

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