Simulation strategy of turbulent internal flow in solid rocket motor

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-263

  Wasistho, B ^a,b   Moser, R D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Ctr for Simulat of Adv Rockets   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPELLANTS; TENSORS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

ACOUSTIC LAYERS; LAMINAR INSTABILITY; POROUS WALLS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS (SRM);

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 15944366854     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7760     Document Type: Article

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