Effects of geometry and ambient pressure on micronozzle flow

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Choudhuri, Ahsan R ^a   Baird, Benjamin ^b   Gollahalli, S R ^b   Schneider, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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