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Numerical Computation of Transonic Potential Flow Through Nozzles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

T.J. Baker
T.J. Baker*
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Aircraft Research Association Limited, Bedford
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Summary

A numerical method for computing potential flow through either a planar or axisymmetric nozzle is described. Some results obtained from a computer program based on this method are presented and compared with experimental data.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 1981, pp. 31 - 42
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1981

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