Revisiting the modeling of ammonium-perchlorate combustion: Development of an unsteady model

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 661-668

  Ramakrishna, P A ^a,b,c   Paul, P J ^a,b   Mukunda, H S ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; PYROLYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS;

AMMONIUM-PERCHLORATE (AP) COMBUSTION; LOW-PRESSURE DEFLAGRATION LIMIT (LPDL); MASS CONSERVATION; PHASE REACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 33745003933     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15502     Document Type: Article

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