On calculating burning rates during fiber supported droplet combustion

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Struk, P M ^a   Ackerman, M ^a   Nayagam, V ^a   Dietrich, D L ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BURNING RATE CALCULATION; FIBER SUPPORTED DROPLET COMBUSTION; LAPLACE-YOUNG EQUATION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0032272766     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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