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Contracting rocket engine nozzles
The efficiency of rocket engine nozzles depends greatly on their expansion ratio an how well the ambient pressure matches the rocket nozzles exit pressure. An optimal expansion ratio means that there ...
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Why are exhaust nozzles in space shaped the way they are? [duplicate]
Why are nozzles in space shaped like a cone and not like a tube ensuring all the exhaust is directed strait?
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