Nozzle throat erosion characterization study using a solid-propellant rocket motor simulator

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 7628-7641

  Evans, Brian ^a,b   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a,b,c   Ferrara, Peter J ^a   Moore, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Kutzler, Patrick ^a   Boyd, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM; NOZZLE THROAT EROSION; ROCKET MOTOR CHAMBER; ROCKET MOTOR SIMULATOR (RMS);

DATA RECORDING; EROSION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; RADIOGRAPHY; ROCKET ENGINES; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

NOZZLES;

EID: 36749074962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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