Simulations of solid-propellant rockets: Effects of aluminum droplet size distribution

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1258-1270

  Najjar, F M ^a,b,c   Ferry, J P ^a,d   Haselbacher, A ^a,b,c   Balachandar, S ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d METRON INC   (United States)

^e Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SOLID PROPELLANTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ALUMINUM DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW COMPUTATIONS; SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKETS;

ROCKETS;

EID: 33846106707     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.17326     Document Type: Article

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