Instabilities and pressure oscillations in solid rocket motors

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-200

  Fabignon, Yves ^a   Dupays, Jöel ^a   Avalon, Gérard ^a   Vuillot, Francois ^a   Lupoglazoff, Nicolas ^a   Casalis, Grégoire ^a   Prévost, Michel ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Aeroacoustics; CFD; Cold flow experiments; Instabilities; Propellant combustion; Solid propulsion

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

AEROACOUSTICS; PRESSURE OSCILLATIONS; SOLID PROPULSION;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0348233984     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(02)01194-X     Document Type: Article

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