Off-axis and angular impulse measurements on a lightcraft engine

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 766, Issue , 2005, Pages 166-177

  Libeau, Michael ^a   Myrabo, Leik ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33747348281     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1925140     Document Type: Article

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