Effects of fuel distribution on detonation tube performance

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-545

  Perkins, H Douglas ^a,c   Sung, Chih Jen ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUEL SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; FUEL DISTRIBUTION; PULSE DETONATION ENGINE (PDE);

DETONATION;

EID: 19644384593     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.2253     Document Type: Article

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