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Numerical investigation of vibrational relaxation during turbulent mixing of jets in a supersonic nozzle

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The results of a calculated investigation of the influence of different operating parameters on the characteristics of a CO2 gasdynamic laser with selective thermal excitation are presented.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 586–592, April, 1982.

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Lavrov, A.V., Pospelov, V.A. Numerical investigation of vibrational relaxation during turbulent mixing of jets in a supersonic nozzle. Journal of Engineering Physics 42, 402–407 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826840

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