On porous liquid propellant rocket engine injectors

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 469-477

  Lux, Johannes ^a   Suslov, Dmitry ^a   Haidn, Oskar ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

High pressure; Liquid propellant rocket engines; LOX methane hydrogen combustion; Porous injection; Subcritical supercritical

Indexed keywords

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FLAME SPRAYING; JET PUMPS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; METALS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SMOKE; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CO-AXIAL INJECTORS; FLAME STABILIZATION; HIGH PRESSURE; LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES; LIQUID-OXYGEN; LOX METHANE HYDROGEN COMBUSTION; POROUS INJECTION; SHOWER HEAD; SUBCRITICAL SUPERCRITICAL;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 48849085843     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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