Pulsed instability in rocket motors-A comparison between predictions and experiments

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 308-316

  Baum, Joseph D ^a,c   Levine, Jay N ^a   Lovine, Richard L ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION - STABILITY; PROPELLANTS - COMBUSTION;

PULSED MOTOR TESTS; ROCKET MOTORS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0024047593     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.23068     Document Type: Article

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