Development of a pressure-fed rocket engine using hydrogen peroxide and JP-8

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Wu, P K ^a   Fuller, R P ^a,c   Morlan, P W ^a   Ruttle, D W ^a   Nejad, A S ^a   Anderson, W E ^b  

^a Kaiser Marquardt   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c PYRODYNE Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EROSION; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FUELS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

AXIAL DISTANCE; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; DESIGN DATABASE; ENGINE CONFIGURATION; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS; OPERATING CONDITION; SPACE TRANSPORTATIONS;

ENGINES;

EID: 59949100804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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