Transcritical liquid oxygen droplet vaporization: Effect on rocket combustion instability

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-357

  Delplanque, J P ^a,b   Sirignano, W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Mech and Aerosp Eng ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DROP BREAKUP; GASIFICATION; LIQUEFIED GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; ROCKET ENGINES;

DROPLET LIFETIME; DROPLET SECONDARY ATOMIZATION; LIQUID OXYGEN; RAYLEIGH CRITERION; ROCKET COMBUSTION INSTABILITY; TRANSCRITICAL LIQUID OXYGEN DROPLET VAPORIZATION;

VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0030108867     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24035     Document Type: Article

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