Critical assessment of the linear plug nozzle concept

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Hagemann, Gerald ^a   Immich, Hans ^a   Dumnov, Gennady ^b  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b KELDYSH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOZZLES; PROPULSION;

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; MODE OPERATION; NATIONAL PROGRAMME; PLUG NOZZLE; SUBSCALE TEST; TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMES;

NOZZLE DESIGN;

EID: 85087193445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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