Effects of inlet geometry on the mixing and performance of microthrusters

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Thomas, R ^a   Baird, B ^a   Choudhuri, A R ^a,b   Gollahalli, S R ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; NOZZLES;

CHARACTERISTIC VELOCITIES; DE LAVAL NOZZLE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; INLET GEOMETRY; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

MIXING;

EID: 85088720591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-1030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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