Experimental evaluation of cold flow micronozzles

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Reed, Brian D ^a   de Groot, Wim ^b   Dang, Lisa ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOZZLES; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INVERTED PENDULUM; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICROPROPULSION CONCEPTS; NOZZLE EFFICIENCY; THROAT ASPECT RATIO;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 85087188263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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