Erosive burning of solid rocket propellants - A revisit

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 470-477

  Landsbaum, Ellis M ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROCKET ENGINES; SHEAR STRESS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

BURNING RATES; EROSIVE BURNING; SADERHOLM EQUATIONS; SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 19644367654     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.5234     Document Type: Article

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