Sensitivity of water condensation in a supersonic plume to the nucleation rate

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 517-523

  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 Ofaerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY (CNT); CONDENSATE FLOW; NUCLEATION RATE; ROCKET PLUME;

SUPERSONIC FLOW;

CONDENSATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERSONIC FLOW; WATER;

EID: 33747036762     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18477     Document Type: Article

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