Transcritical vaporization of liquid fuels and propellants

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 896-902

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; FORCED CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SURFACE TENSION; VAPORIZATION;

CRITICAL MIXING STATE; TRANSCRITICAL VAPORIZATION;

LIQUID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0033225499     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5513     Document Type: Article

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