Investigation of the operational envelope of the CHAFF-IV plume and contamination thermospheric flow simulator

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-11

  Lutfy, Fred M ^a   Green, Amanda A ^a   Phillip Muntz, E ^a   Ketsdever, Andrew D ^b  

^a Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOGENICS; PROPULSION;

DESIGN PHASE; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PUMPING SPEED; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; THRUSTER PLUMES; WETTED AREA;

PUMPS;

EID: 84963812769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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