Assessment of combustion characteristics and mechanism of hydroxylammonium nitrate-based liquid monopropellant

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1076-1085

  Chang, Yi Ping ^a   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE; LIQUID MONOPROPELLANT;

LIQUID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0036748353     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6037     Document Type: Article

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