Rotational flow in tapered slab rocket motors

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Saad, Tony ^a   Sams, Oliver C ^a   Majdalani, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Finite volume methods; Flow instability; Flow simulation; Flow through porous media; Rockets; Slabs; Vortices

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

AXIAL PRESSURE GRADIENT; FLOW INSTABILITY; FLOW SIMULATION; INTERNAL FLOWS; SLABS;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33750581169     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2354193     Document Type: Article

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