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The new nozzle contour concept TICTOP is introduced and its experimental validation is presented. The TICTOP nozzle features a comparable performance like TOP nozzles, whereas reattached flow conditions during transient start-up and shutdown operation are avoided. A hypothesis on the formation of the cap-shock pattern in TOP nozzles is presented.
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The authors would like to thank Ying Luo, University of Sydney, for supporting the test data evaluation.
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Stark, R., GĂ©nin, C. (2019). Experimental Study of TICTOP Nozzles. In: Sasoh, A., Aoki, T., Katayama, M. (eds) 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 2. ISSW 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91017-8_66
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