Numerical simulation of high-temperature gas flows in a Millimeter-Scale thruster

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Alexeenko, A A ^a   Levin, D A ^a   Gimelshein, S F ^b   Collins, R J ^c   Markelov, G N ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d KHRISTIANOVICH INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; GAS-SURFACE INTERACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS FLOWS; HYDROGEN-AIR COMBUSTION; INTERNAL ENERGIES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NOZZLE EFFICIENCY; THERMAL RELAXATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 85085401574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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