Transient combustion response of AP/HTPB composite propellant to acoustic oscillations in a rocket motor

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-617

  Cai, Weidong ^a   Thakre, Piyush ^a   Yang, Vigor ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP HTBP composite propellant; Combustion instability; Solid rocket motor; Transient combustion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EXCITATION; ACOUSTIC OSCILLATION; AP/HTBP COMPOSITE PROPELLANT; AP/HTPB COMPOSITE PROPELLANT; BULK FLOW; BURNING BEHAVIOR; BURNING RATE; COMBUSTION INSTABILITY; COMBUSTION RESPONSE; FLAME STRUCTURE; FLAME ZONES; FLOW OSCILLATIONS; HEAT FEEDBACK; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC WAVES; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PROPELLANT SURFACES; ROCKET MOTOR; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR;

ACOUSTICS; FLAMMABILITY; MOTORS; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SMOKE; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 70449562585     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200802693781     Document Type: Article

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