Graphite rocket nozzle erosion rate reduction by boundary-layer control using ablative materials

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 14, Issue , 2007, Pages 9575-9589

  Acharya, Ragini ^a,b,c   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a,b,c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b 137 Research Building East ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBUSTION; GRAPHITE; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKET ENGINES;

BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL; NOZZLE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL SYSTEMS (NBLCS); NOZZLE THROAT EROSION RATES; NUMERICAL CODES;

EROSION;

EID: 34250897347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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