Multiphysics thermal-fluid design analysis of a non-nuclear tester for hot-hydrogen materials and component development

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 537-544

  Wang, Ten See ^a   Foote, John ^a   Litchford, Ron ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Multiphysics; Nuclear thermal engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751236145     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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