Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 497013, 21 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/497013
Research Article

Simulation of Supersonic Flow in an Ejector Diffuser Using the JPVM

Carlos Couder-Castañeda

Mexican Institute of Petroleum, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas 152, P.O. Box 07730, Mexico City, Mexico

Received 7 July 2009; Revised 22 September 2009; Accepted 17 December 2009

Academic Editor: James Buchanan

Copyright © 2009 Carlos Couder-Castañeda. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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