Diffusion flame calculations for composite propellants using a vorticity-velocity formulation

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-82

  Gross, Matthew L ^a,b   Beckstead, Merrill W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chemical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; GASES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROPELLANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; GAS-PHASE KINETIC MECHANISMS; KINETIC MECHANISM; MULTISTEP REACTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 63349087563     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36360     Document Type: Article

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