Oxidizer control and optimal design of hybrid rockets for small satellites

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-238

  Casalino, Lorenzo ^a,b   Pastrone, Dario ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b 24   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; PROPELLERS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHAMBER PRESSURE; FLOW RATE; HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES (HRE); OXIDIZERS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 15944394095     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.6556     Document Type: Article

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