Improvements to steady-state combustion modeling of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-383

  Davidson, Jeffrey E ^a   Beckstead, M W ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CALCULATIONS; COMBUSTION; CONDENSATION; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CYCLOTRIMETHYLENETRINITRAMINE; LASER HEAT FLUX;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0031140129     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5194     Document Type: Article

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