Simulation of nozzle erosion process in a solid propellant rocket motor

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 14, Issue , 2007, Pages 9518-9530

  Liggett, Nicholas D ^a,b,c   Menon, Suresh ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b School of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOZZLES; RHENIUM; ROCKET ENGINES; SOLID PROPELLANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUNGSTEN;

ENERGY EQUATIONS; PRESSURE FORCES; SURFACE CHEMICAL KINETICS; THERMAL MODELS;

EROSION;

EID: 34250816248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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