“…Although there may be several definitions of the character of transcritical conditions in the literature [1][2][3][4]6,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14]19,22,24,25,30,32,33,[35][36][37], one that is of practical relevance for chemical propulsion systems corresponds to the thermodynamic conditions attained in the injection configuration sketched in Fig. 1.…”