Vortex tube air separation applications for Air Collection Cycle hypersonic vehicles

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Lee, Ying Ming ^a   Nikolic Tirkas, Bojana ^a   Tarrant, George S ^a   Balepin, Vladimir ^a   Petley, Dennis ^b   Czysz, Paul A ^c  

^a MSE Technology Applications Incorporated   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HyperTech Concepts   (United States)

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