The plume-flows structure of spacecraft thrusters

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Space Energy, Power and Propulsion
1Shuvalov, VA, 2Kochubei, GS, 2Lazuchenkov, DN
1Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukraine
2Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2003, 9 ;(4):017-025
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2003.04.017
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
Approximate models of plume-flows of spacecraft thrusters are formulated. The models are adequate to numerical simulations and to results of physical experiments.
Keywords: numerical simulations, physical experiments, plume-flows thrusters
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