CFD simulation of laser ablation carbon nanotube production

8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Greendyke, R B ^a   Scott, C D ^b   Swain, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MOLECULES; CFD SIMULATIONS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; FULLERENE PRODUCTION; INDICATOR SPECIES; NANOTUBE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; THERMAL PROFILES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; FULLERENES; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; NASA; SPACE PLATFORMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84897724270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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