Atomization of gel propellants through an air-blast triplet atomizer

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-400

  Rahimi, Shai ^a   Natan, Benveniste ^b  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; ATOMIZERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GELS; JETS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY;

AIR BLAST; GAS JETS; GEL PROPELLANTS; PSEUDOPLASTIC WATER GELS;

LIQUID PROPELLANTS;

ATOMIZATION; ATOMIZERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GELS; JETS; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33745026716     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.v16.i4.30     Document Type: Article

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