Recent progress in modeling solid propellant combustion

Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-641

  Beckstead, M W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Combustion; Modeling; Solid propellant

Indexed keywords

FLAME TEMPERATURE; GEOMETRICAL PACKING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 33846250016     PISSN: 00105082     EISSN: 15738345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10573-006-0096-5     Document Type: Article

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