DSMC computations of the progress-m spacecraft retrofiring exhaust plume

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Drakes, J A ^a   Swann, D G ^a   Karabadzhak, G F ^b   Plastinin, Yu ^b  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TsNIIMASH Korolev   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; FORECASTING; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

COMPUTER CODES; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; EXCITATION CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH VELOCITY COLLISIONS; LARGE SPATIAL SCALE; RADIATION LEVELS; SPACECRAFT THRUSTERS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 84982318850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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