Analysis of ignition and flame spreading in solid rocket motor star slots

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1371-1373

  Ciucci, A ^a,b   Jenkin, Rhonald M ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FLAME RESEARCH; HEAT RADIATION; IGNITION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPELLANTS;

FLAME SPREADING; IGNITER FLOW; IGNITER PLUME; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PYROGEN IGNITER; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR; STAR SLOTS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0029407958     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.51447     Document Type: Article

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