A performance comparison of two small rocket nozzles

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Arrington, Lynn A ^a   Reed, Brian D ^b   Rivera, Angel ^c  

^a NYMA Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELLS; COOLING; NOZZLE DESIGN; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROCKETS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

BELL NOZZLE; CHAMBER PRESSURE; CONICAL NOZZLE; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; MAXIMUM THRUST; NOZZLE TYPES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 85088195384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-2582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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