Triggering of longitudinal combustion instabilities in rocket motors: Nonlinear combustion response

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1148-1158

  Wicker, Josef M ^a,b,c   Greene, William D ^a,b,d   Kim, Seung Ill ^a,e,f   Yang, Vigor ^a,c,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mail Box 1513

^c AIAA ^*

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e MS 11 B

^f Daewoo Electronics Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; OSCILLATIONS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS; MACH NUMBER; PULSED OSCILLATIONS; SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0030290975     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24155     Document Type: Article

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