Mitigation of graphite nozzle erosion by boundary-layer control in solid rocket motors

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1079-1085

  Thakre, Piyush ^a,b   Yang, Vigor ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; EROSION; GRAPHITE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYBUTADIENES; PROPELLANTS; ROCKETS; SURFACE REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL SYSTEMS; BOUNDARY-LAYER CONTROL; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; POLYBUTADIENE COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; THERMO-FLUID DYNAMICS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 77953549166     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41293     Document Type: Article

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