Performance of a self-propelled pulsed-jet vehicle

38th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nichols, J Tyler ^a   Moslemi, Ali A ^a   Krueger, Paul S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; EFFICIENCY; GAS DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOFTWARE TESTING; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ISOSCELES TRIANGULAR; LIMITED DATA SETS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; THRUST AUGMENTATION; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78049525748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-3720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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