High-altitude plume simulations for a solid propellant rocket

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2872-2884

  Burt, Jonathan M ^a,b   Boyd, Iain D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUME SIMULATIONS; PROPELLANT ROCKETS; SOLID ROCKETS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROCKETS; THERMAL PLUMES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 38049131882     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.30129     Document Type: Article

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