Simulation of homogeneous ethanol condensation in supersonic nozzle flows using DSMC

Collection of Technical Papers - 39th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 659-695

  Gallagher Rogers, Alison C ^a,b,c   Zhong, Jiaqiang ^a,b,c   Levin, Deborah A ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; ETHANOL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOZZLES; ROCKET ENGINES; THERMAL PLUMES;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD (DSMC); HOMOGENEOUS ETHANOL; LIQUID ROCKET ENGINE; SUPERSONIC NOZZLE FLOWS;

SUPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 35748941270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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