Plasma ignition and combustion of JA2 propellant

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-53

  Li, Jianquan ^a,b   Litzinger, Thomas A ^a,b   Thynell, Stefan T ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; IGNITION; NOZZLES; PLASMA JETS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; VAPORIZATION;

ELECTROTHERMAL-CHEMICAL (ETC) PROPULSION; NOZZLE LENGTH; PLASMA IGNITION; TEST CHAMBERS;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 12744262957     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5866     Document Type: Article

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