Evolution of internal flow in a solid rocket motor with radial slots

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 632-637

  Sabnis, Jayant S ^a,c,d   Eagar, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U Technol Chem Systems Division   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

^d M S 129 20

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MACHINE DESIGN; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; VORTEX SHEDDING;

FLOW INDUCED INSTABILITY; FLOW SEPARATION; FLOW STRUCTURE; INTERNAL FLOW; RADIAL SLOTS; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0030196541     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24083     Document Type: Article

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