Flame acceleration in narrow channels: Applications for micropropulsion in low-gravity environments

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-336

  Gamezo, Vadim N ^a,b,c   Oran, Elaine S ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS; MICROPROPULSION; SIGNIFICANT THRUST;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WAVES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 33645154830     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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