Aircraft engine nozzle guide vane surface temperature optimization

Lou Decang1,2, Wang Mengjun2, Liang Jinhua2

  • 1NorthWestern Polytechnical University, Xian City, Shanxi Province, 710129, China.

Heliyon
|October 9, 2023
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