Nozzle plume impingement on spacecraft surfaces: Effects of surface roughness

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1013-1018

  Ngalande, C ^a,c   Lilly, T ^a,c   Killingsworth, M ^a,c   Gimelshein, S ^a,c   Ketsdever, A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering ^*

^d Propulsion Direct   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOZZLES; PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALUMINUM PLATES; FREE PLUME EXPANSION; NITROGEN PROPELLANTS; NOZZLE PLUME IMPINGEMENT;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 33750504836     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19321     Document Type: Article

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