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Hello jaredokie, First, you get thrust anytime there's a transfer of momentum out of the nozzle, which is not necessarily synonymous with a pressure gradient across the diffuser-nozzle system. Especially in compressible flows, the thermodynamics of the flow will also play an extreme part...

Hello Aero Forum! I need to take the general GRE and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to which guide is best? I want to get as close to a 170 on the quant (don't we all!) as possible, so I was wondering where I can find questions closest to the actual exam. So far I have the...

Masters is typical, but no one has ever said I needed one. I guess they'll admit me to the masters+phd package if they think I need one, which as you said means 4 years rather than 3. To my knowledge that's only the case if the prof has funding or a grant to do so. I do not think that's the...

Thank you for your thoughts, boneh3ad. I had thought of that, and certainly hoped that such postdocs (which I had planned on doing) at well known schools/national labs were still available for a Glasgow PhD. Most of what holds be back is the large tuition. About 30,000/year in US dolars, and...

Thank you for your thoughts, Aero_UoP!

Graduate school dilemma--solicitng opinions Hello, I started a thread a couple of days back that never really caught on. I'd like to phrase the question a bit more generally so that those with experience can give some advice. I currently am deciding between applying to grad schools...