Theoretical and numerical study of free-molecular flow problems

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-624

  Cai, Chunpei ^a,b,c,d   Boyd, Iain D ^b,c,d  

^a ZONA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

MOLECULAR EFFUSION FLOW; PLUME FLOWS; VELOCITY DIRECTION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547355963     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25893     Document Type: Article

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