Simulation of supercritical high pressure combustion for advanced propulsion systems

15th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cutrone, L ^a,c   Battista, F ^a,c   Ranuzzi, G ^a,c   Bonifacio, S ^b  

^a ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

^c ATER Section   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUND OPERATIONS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

CHEMICALLY REACTING FLOWS; CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH-PRESSURE COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PROPULSION SYSTEM; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; THERMOCHEMICAL MODELS;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 77956784353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-2537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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