The free molecule micro-Resistojet: An interesting alternative to nozzle expansion

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ketsdever, Andrew D ^a   Wadsworth, Dean C ^b   Vargo, Stephen ^c   Muntz, E P ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

COLD-GAS THRUSTERS; COMMERCIAL CODES; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; MICRO-PROPULSION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; STAGNATION PRESSURES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84963796100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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