Investigation of sub- And supercritical LOX/methane injection using optical diagnostics

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 7259-7269

  Lux, J ^a   Suslov, D ^a   Bechle, M ^a   Oschwald, M ^a,b   Haidn, O ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKET ENGINES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FLAME EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS; ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; SHADOWGRAPHY;

METHANE;

EID: 34249277400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-5077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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