Flame stabilization in high-pressure liquid oxygen/methane rocket engine combustion

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Lux, Johannes ^a,b   Haidn, Oskar ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Institute of Space Propulsion   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID METHANE; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; METHANE; OXYGEN; ROCKETS; STABILIZATION;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; NEAR-AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STEADY-STATE OPERATING; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; THERMODYNAMIC CRITICAL POINT;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 63349095071     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36852     Document Type: Article

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