Momentum flux measurements from under expanded orifices: Applications for micropropulsion systems

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Ketsdever, Andrew D ^a   Green, Amanda A ^b   Muntz, E P ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Eng ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; PROPELLANTS;

BACKGROUND PRESSURE; CONTINUUM FLOW; LOW-PRESSURE OPERATIONS; MICRO-PROPULSION SYSTEMS; OPERATING PRESSURE; STAGNATION PRESSURES; THRUST MEASUREMENT; WALL THICKNESS;

ORIFICES;

EID: 85088181698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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